threapen

 to blame, rebuke, reprove, or chide ; ab A. S. THREAPAN, THREAPIAN, of the same signification. To THREAP KINDNESS UPON ONE, is used in another sense. To THREAP is also to urge or press : it is no threaping ware ; i. e. ware so bad as to require a person to be urged, pressed, or persuaded to purchase it. N. and S. Also to persist in saying a thing. Cumb.