v. Sc. and north. dial. In 6 thrymp; 9 dial. thrump. [? Akin to THRUM v.1] intr. and trans. To press; to push.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XI. xii. 8. Apon thar strait born bridillis brankand fast, Now thrympand heyr, now thayr, thayr hedis can cast.
1825. Jamieson, Thrump,… to press … as in a crowd…. To push; especially applied to school-boys, when they push all before them from the one end of a form to another.
a. 1828. T. Bewick, Howdy (1850), 10. His hands … thrimpt owr his Thees. Ibid., 13. Mouny oh them thrimped in.
1894. Northumberl. Gloss., Thrimpt, pressed closely.
