Defn: A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation: The IMPATIENT throbs and longings of a soul That pants and reaches after distant good. Addison.
THRODDEN Throd"den, v. i. Etym: [Prov. E. throdden, throddle, fat, thriving; cf. Icel. throask to grow.]
Defn: To grow; to thrive. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
THROE Throe, n. Etym: [OE. , , AS. a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. 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
Throe, v. i.
Defn: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
THROE
Throe, v. t.
Defn: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.