v. Now dial. Also 9 dial. thrag. [Etymology obscure.] trans. To pack full, fill, cram; to load. Also intr. for passive.
1655. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm., verse 11. I. v. § 3 (1669), 33/2. Bags that are thracked full with money.
a. 1716. South, Serm. (1744), VIII. vi. 176. The strait gate is too narrow for any man to come bustling in, thrack’d with great possessions.
1809. Batchelor, Anal. Eng. Lang., 145. Thrag, to throng. ‘As full as it could thrag.’
1854. Miss Baker, Northampt. Gloss., II. 337. Thracked.… Used … for a hamper of apples. ‘It was thracked full.’
1904. in Eng. Dial. Dict., s.v. Thrag, The streets were thragged with people.
