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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrash  \Thrash\,  Thresh  \Thresh\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Thrashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Thrashing}.]  [OE. 
  [thorn]reschen,  [thorn]reshen,  to  beat  AS  [thorn]erscan, 
  [thorn]rescan;  akin  to  D.  dorschen  OD  derschen  G. 
  dreschen  OHG.  dreskan  Icel.  [thorn]reskja,  Sw  tr["o]ska, 
  Dan.  t[ae]rske,  Goth.  [thorn]riskan,  Lith.  traszketi  to 
  rattle,  Russ.  treskate  to  burst,  crackle,  tresk'  a  crash, 
  OSlav.  troska  a  stroke  of  lighting.  Cf  {Thresh}.] 
  1.  To  beat  out  grain  from  as  straw  or  husks;  to  beat  the 
  straw  or  husk  of  (grain)  with  a  flail;  to  beat  off  as  the 
  kernels  of  grain;  as  to  thrash  wheat,  rye,  or  oats;  to 
  thrash  over  the  old  straw. 
 
  The  wheat  was  reaped,  thrashed,  and  winnowed  by 
  machines.  --H.  Spencer. 
 
  2.  To  beat  soundly,  as  with  a  stick  or  whip;  to  drub. 




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