thrash
thrash is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
- 2.To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
- 3.Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub called?
- What is to practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well called?
- What is hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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