THROE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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.
n.

A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

3.
v.

To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

4.
v.

To put in agony. [R.] Shak.

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