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Throe
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What's The Definition Of Throe?
[n] severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
[n] hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse" Synonyms | Synonyms for Throe: Related Terms | Find terms related to Throe: See Also | agony | distress | excruciation | suffering Throe In Webster's Dictionary \Throe\, n. [OE. [thorn]rowe, [thorn]rawe, AS.
[thorn]re['a] a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps
influenced by Icel. [thorn]r[=a] a throe, a pang, a longing;
cf. AS. [thorn]reowian to suffer.]
1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially,
one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. --Milton.
2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
\Throe\, v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize. \Throe\, v. t. To put in agony. [R.] --Shak. |
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