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Throe
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To put in agony. [R.] Shak.