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thraves

thraves is the plural of thrave.

Meaning of thrave

Noun

thrave (plural thraves)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A sheaf; a handful (of crops).
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A specified number (twenty-six, twenty-four, twelve, etc., depending on the place) of sheaves of a crop (wheat, oats, corn etc.); compare shock and stook, also a certain number of sheaves.
    • A daimen icker in a thrave / 'S a sma' request;1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse
  3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.
    • c. 16th century, Lansdowne manuscript
      The worst of a thrave.

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Questions about thraves

What is thraves the plural of?
Thraves is the plural of thrave.

Words near thraves in the dictionary

  1. thraupids
  2. thraustochytrid
  3. thraustochytrids
  4. thrave
  5. thraved
  6. thraves
  7. thraving
  8. thrawcrook
  9. thrawcrooks
  10. thrawl
  11. thrawls

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