Threap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. re�xa0;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.
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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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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.
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