Noah Webster
Thrash
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--