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Thresh, Thrash v. t. (past & past part. thrashed; pres. part. thrashing)

To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. "The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines."

To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thresh, Thrash v. t.

To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. "I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times."

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Etymology of 'Thrash'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... quickly that the men can hardly take in the slack of the braces fast enough. The scene of orderly confusion is now at its height. Every one hauling sings out at the very top of his pipes. The sails are struggling to find their {116} new set home; while the headsheets forward thrash about like mad and thump their blocks against the deck with force enough to ...

— All Afloat - A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways • William Wood

... thrash the Mexicans, or die a-trying!" was what Sam Houston said to an aide, the morning of the battle of San Jacinto. And ...

— How to Get on in the World - A Ladder to Practical Success • Major A.R. Calhoon

... old villain! The wretch! Oh, mon Dieu, what shall we do! Oh, the wicked old man—if I had him here, I'd thrash him good!" ...

— My Home In The Field of Honor • Frances Wilson Huard

... dog, 'tis true; but he is a good, hard worker, and does not grumble; and I sometimes have noticed traces of a better spirit than usually meets the eye. As for his bulk, I think nothing of it; he wants high spirit to make it available. Francois could thrash him any day." ...

— Ungava • R.M. Ballantyne

... which he told me he had made in Colonel Mulberry Sellers a close study of one of these kinsmen and thought he had drawn him to the life. "But for the love o' God," he said, "don't whisper it, for he would never understand or forgive me, if he did not thrash me ...

— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson

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