'Threpe' definitions:
Definition of 'Threpe'
From: GCIDE
- Threpe \Threpe\, v. t. [See Threap.] To call; to term. [Obs.] "Luna silver we threpe." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'threpe'
From: GCIDE
- Threap \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]
- 1. To call; to name. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]