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Webster 1913 Edition

(thrāv)

Noun.

[OE.

þrave

þreve

, Icel.

þrefi

; akin to Dan.

trave

; cf. Icel.

þrīfa

to grasp.]

Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.

[Prov. Eng.]

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.

Noun.

A drove; a herd. [Not in use.]

Noun.

The number of two dozen. [Not in use.]