THRESH, verb transitive To thrash. [See Thrash.] The latter is the popular pronunciation, but the word is written thrash or thresh indifferently. [See the derivation and definitions under Thrash.]
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beatthem small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
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