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threap |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Threap \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Threap \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.
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