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thrave
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- thrave (n.)
Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. - thrave (n.)
The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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thrave
thrāv, n. twenty-four sheaves of grain set up in two stooks of twelve sheaves each: the number of two dozen, a good number.—Also Threave (thrēv). [Scand., Ice. þrefi—þrífa, to grasp.]
