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noun

Thrave n.

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

The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave." (Obs.) "He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... discontent which that popular nobleman had instilled into the nation, and perhaps by some remains of attachment to the house of Lancaster. The hospital of St. Leonard's, near York, had received, from an ancient grant of King Athelstane, a right of levying a thrave of corn upon every plough-land in the county; and as these charitable establishments are liable to abuse, the country people complained, that the revenue of the hospital was no longer expended for the relief of the poor, but was secreted by the managers, ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. - From Henry III. to Richard III. • David Hume