Threap — Defs

01 v. t. To call; to name.

imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping

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.]

02 v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.

1.
To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
“It's not for a man with a woman to threap.” — Percy's Reliques.

03 n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.

1.
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.