Defn: a. & n. from Thrash, v. Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, or
Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out.
— Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.
THRASONICAL Thra*son"ic*al, a. Etym: [From Thrso, the name of a braggart soldier in Terence's "Eunuch:" cf. L. Thrasonianus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso;
bragging; boastful; vainglorious.
— Thra*son"ic*al*ly, adv.
Cæsar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.' Shak.
THRASTE
Thraste, v. t. [imp. Thraste; p. p. Thrast.]
Defn: To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THRAVE Thrave, n. Etym: [OE. , , Icel. ; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel. to grasp.]
1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave." [Obs.] Landsdowne MS. He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. Bp. Hall.
THRAW
Thraw, n. & v.
Defn: See Throse. [Scot.] Burns.