threap

1. v. t. To call; to name. Source: opted

2. v. t. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To beat, or thrash. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cozen, or cheat. Source: opted

5. v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. Source: opted

6. n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. Source: opted

7. 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. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques. 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. Source: webster

8. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.]It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques. Source: adambom

9. v. t. To call; to name. v. t. 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. v. t. To beat, or thrash. v. t. To cozen, or cheat. v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. Source: ecdict

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