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(), Thresh ()}, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Thrashed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Thrashing.] [OE. reschen, reshen, to beat, AS. erscan, rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. reskja, Sw. trska, Dan. trske, Goth. riskan, Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.] 1. 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. H. Spencer. 2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub. Thrash Thresh}, v. t. 1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well. 2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be Mvius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden. Thresh (), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Threshed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Threshing.] Same as Thrash. He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer. スポンサード リンク
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