THROEING

Verb

throeing

present participle of throe

Anagrams

• ignoreth, othering, right one

Source: Wiktionary


THROE

Throe, n. Etym: [OE. , , AS. a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. to suffer.]

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.

Throe, v. i.

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

Throe, v. t.

Definition: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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