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Pronunciation : Throe
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. , , AS. a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. to suffer.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Throe
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Throe
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913