threap (plural threaps) (Scotland)
an altercation, quarrel, argument
an accusation or serious charge
stubborn insistence
a superstition or freet
threap (third-person singular simple present threaps, present participle threaping, simple past and past participle threapt or threaped) (Scotland)
(transitive) To contradict
To scold; rebuke
To cry out; complain; contend
To argue; bicker
To call; name
To cozen or cheat
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction.
To beat or thrash.
To insist on
• Tharpe, pather, tephra, teraph
Source: Wiktionary
Threap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] Etym: [AS. to reprove.] [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.] Burns.
3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Threap, v. i.
Definition: To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques.
Threap, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
