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threpe

threpe

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Threpe  \Threpe\,  v.  t.  [See  {Threap}.] 
  To  call  to  term.  [Obs.]  ``Luna  silver  we  threpe.'' 
  --Chaucer.