Threap

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Threap \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaped}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Threaping}.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to
     reprove.] [Written also {threpe}, and {threip}.]
     1. To call; to name. [Obs.]
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     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.
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     3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Threap \Threap\, v. i.
     To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. &
     Scot.]
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           It's not for a man with a woman to threap. --Percy's
                                                    Reliques.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Threap \Threap\, n.
     An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious
     affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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           He was taken a threap that he would have it finished
           before the year was done.                --Carlyle.
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