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Definition of Threaves
1. threave [n] - See also: threave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threaves
Literary usage of Threaves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1906)
"Corne and haie at Langten : —Six score and sixteen threaves of wheat and rye, 30/.
Nyne score and ten threaves of oats, 20/. In beanes and bigg, 26s. ..."
2. Annals of Colinsburgh: With Notes on Church Life in Kilconquhar Parish by Robert Dick (1896)
"... 30 threaves of bear straw, two dozen capons and six dozen poultry. The rents
of the other farms about the year 1700 may also be given here. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1762)
"... and the produce in the draw was twenty-one threaves, bating four (heaves,
allowing twenty-four (heaves to the threave; which were fet upon a ..."
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