What is "threap"

Threap \Threap\, v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

It's not for a man with a woman to threap.
--Percy's Reliques.

Threap \Threap\, n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done.
--Carlyle.

Threap \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]

1. To call; to name. [Obs.]

2. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   --Burns.

3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

n. 1 an altercation, quarrel, argument 2 an accusation or serious charge vb. 1 to scold, rebuke 2 to argue, bicker 3 to call, to name 4 to cozen or cheat 5 To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction. 6 To beat or thrash.