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thrave
noun 3verb 1
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3ADJ.
worst
THRAVE + NOUN
's, sma'
PREP.
in
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verb
1
To urge; compel; importune.
noun
1
A sheaf; a handful.
2
Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
A daimen icker in a thrave / 'S a sma' request;
3
Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.
c. 16th century, Lansdowne manuscript The worst of a thrave.
He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale.
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A daimen icker in a thrave / 'S a sma' request;
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c. 16th century, Lansdowne manuscript The worst of a thrave.
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He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale.
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