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Throe Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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