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of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton.

with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.

e partition dividing life from death. -- Death stroke, a stroke causing death. -- Death throe, the spasm of death. -- Death token, the signal of approaching death. -- Death warrant. (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.…

s; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey.

Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth. She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her. 1 Sam. iv. 19.

A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] Spenser. Dryden.