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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 threap /ˈθrip/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Threap v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.]  [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.]
 3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.]
 4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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