Threap (thrēp), v. 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, v. 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 (?), n. 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.
Threap (thrēp), v. 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, v. 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 (?), n. 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.
