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Thrave

Thrave\ (thr[=a]v), n. [OE. [thorn]rave, [thorn]reve, Icel. [thorn]refi; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fa to grasp.]

1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]

2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave." [Obs.] --Landsdowne MS.

He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. --Bp. Hall.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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