threap

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threap, v. t. [AS. to reprove.].

To call; to name. [1913 Webster]

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. Burns. [1913 Webster]

To beat, or thrash. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

To cozen, or cheat. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

threap, v. i.

To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [1913 Webster]
"It's not for a man with a woman to threap." [1913 Webster]

threap, n.

An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [1913 Webster]
"He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done." [1913 Webster]