Meaning of threap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An altercation, quarrel, argument.
   Scotland
2. An accusation or serious charge.
   Scotland
3. Stubborn insistence.
   Scotland
4. A superstition or freet.
   Scotland

Examples

“And let⟳ us see⟳ what is to be done, and hear⟳ patiently all Assertions and Threaps; let⟳ this Rain⟳ fall⟳ to the Ground, and then fall⟳ thou to Exercise.”

“Then, (since my soul disowns the impious threap, That death is only an eternal sleep⟳;) Then with an aching heart, I long to know⟳, How we, my Henry, in the shades below, Shall bear⟳ the sceptre and the iron⟳ rod Of the grim Tyrant of the dark abode.”

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