threap verb & noun. [Ɵri:p] Now Scot. & north. Also threep.
[Old English Þrēapian, of unkn. origin.]
A. verb.
1. verb trans. Rebuke, reprove, scold, blame. OE.

2. verb intrans. Inveigh against; argue (with); quarrel, bicker; wrangle. ME.

3. verb trans. Persist in asserting, maintain, (something, that). LME.
b. Insist on or persist in doing something. Foll. by to do. rare. E19.

4. a. verb trans. Impose (a belief etc.) on a person, esp. by persistent assertion. LME-E17.
b. verb trans. Impute, attribute, or ascribe (a specified quality) to a person. Foll. by on, of. M16-M18.
c. verb trans. Thrust or press (something) on a person. L16.
d. verb intrans. Urge some action of (a person); nag. Usu. foll. by at, on. E19.
b. noun. The action or an act of threaping. ME.

Comb.:
threap-ground, threap-land(s) land of disputed ownership; spec. (Hist.) the tract between the Rivers Esk and Sark on the border between England and Scotland.

■ threaper noun L19.

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