THRASH, verb transitive 1. To beat out grain from the husk or pericarp with a flail; as, to thrash wheat, rye or oats. 2. To beat corn off from the cob or spike; as, to thrash maiz. 3. To beat soundly with a stick or whip; to drub. THRASH, verb intransitive To practice thrashing; to perform the business of thrashing; as a man who thrashes well. 1. To labor; to drudge. I rather would be Mevius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times--
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