'Throe' definitions:
Definition of 'throe'
(from WordNet)
noun
Severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
noun
Hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse"
Definition of 'Throe'
From: GCIDE
- Throe \Throe\, n. [OE. [thorn]rowe, [thorn]rawe, AS. [thorn]re['a] a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. [thorn]r[=a] a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. [thorn]reowian to suffer.]
- 1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. [1913 Webster]
- Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Throe'
From: GCIDE
- Throe \Throe\, v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Throe'
From: GCIDE
- Throe \Throe\, v. t. To put in agony. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]