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Threap
Threap
(thrēp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Threaped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Threaping
.] [AS.
þreápian
to reprove.] [Written also
threpe
, and threip
.] 1.
To call; to name.
[Obs.]
2.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide;
as, he
. threaped
me down that it was so[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns.
3.
To beat, or thrash.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4.
To cozen, or cheat.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Threap
,Verb.
I.
To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
It’s not for a man with a woman to
threap
. Percy's Reliques.
Threap
,Noun.
An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
He was taken a
threap
that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.