Associations to the word «Thrave»

Wiktionary

THRAVE, verb. (transitive) (UK) (dialectal) To urge; compel; importune.
THRAVE, noun. (UK) (dialect) A sheaf; a handful.
THRAVE, noun. (UK) (dialect) (obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
THRAVE, noun. (UK) (dialect) (obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca