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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Thrash

Thrāsh, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. THRASHED (thrāsht); p. pr. & vb. n. THRASHING.] [A-S. thriscan, threscan, therscan, thearscan, Goth. thriskan, Icel. threskia, Sw. tröska, Dan. törske, D. dorschen, O. D. dreschen, derschen, L. Ger. drosken, döschen, deschen, dasken, deürsken, O. H. Ger. dreskan, M. & N. H. Ger. dreschen.] [Written also thresh.]

  1. To beat out grain from; to thresh the husk of with a flail; to beat off; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats.
  2. To beat soundly with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thrăsh, v. i.

verbintransitive

Sense 1. To practice thrashing; to perform the business of thrashing; as, a man who thrashes well.

Sense 2. Hence, to labor; to drudge; to toil.

I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.