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THRALLS
Noun
thralls
plural of thrall
Verb
thralls
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thrall
Proper noun
Thralls
plural of Thrall
Source: Wiktionary
THRALL
Thrall, n. Etym: [OE. thral, , Icel. , perhaps through AS. ; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. to run, Goth. , Gr. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrall, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser. The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer.
Thrall, v. t.
Definition: To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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