Threap

Pronunciation: thrēp

v. t.	1.	To call; to name. [imp. & p. p. Threaped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.]
	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.
	3.	To beat, or thrash.
	4.	To cozen, or cheat.
v. i.	1.	To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. It's not for a man with a woman to threap. - Percy's Reliques.
n.	1.	An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. - Carlyle.

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