Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THROB, v.i. [perhaps allied to drive and to drub; at least its elements and signification coincide; Gr. θορυβεω.]

To beat, as the heart or pulse, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; palpitate. The heart throbs with joy, desire or fear; the violent action of the heart is perceived by a throbbing pulse. My heart throbs to know one thing. Shak. We apply the word also to the breast. Here may his head live on my throbbing breast. Shak.

THROB'BING, n.

The act of beating with unusual force, as the heart and pulse; palpitation.

THROB'BING, ppr.

Beating with unusual force, as the heart and pulse; palpitating.

THROD'DEN, v.i.

To grow; to thrive. [Not in use or local.] Grose.

THROE, n. [Sax. throwian, to suffer, to agonize; but this is the same word as throw, and the sense is to strain, as in twisting, to struggle.]

Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony. It is particularly applied to the anguish of travail in child-birth, or parturition. My throes came thicker, and my cries increas'd. Dryden.

THROE, v.i.

To agonize; to struggle in extreme pain.

THROE, v.t.

To put in agony. Shak.

THRONE, n. [L. thronus; Gr. θρονος; Fr. trone.]

1. A royal seat; a chair of state. The throne is sometimes an elegant chair richly ornamented with sculpture and gilding, raised a step above the floor, and covered with a canopy.
2. The seat of a bishop. Ayliffe.
3. In Scripture, sovereign power and dignity. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. Thy throne, O God, is forever. Ps. xlv.
4. Angels. Cor. i.
5. The place where God peculiarly manifests his power and glory. The heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. Is. lxvi.

THRONE, v.t.

1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. To place in an elevated position; to give an elevated place to; to exalt. True image of the Father, whether thron'd / In the bosom, of bliss and light of light. Milton.

THRON-ED, pp.

Placed on a royal seat, or on an elevated seat; exalted.

THRONE-LESS, a.

Having no throne.

THRONG, n. [Sax. thrang; Ir. drong; G. and D. drang. See the Verb.]

1. A crowd; a multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; as, a throng of people at a play-house.
2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

THRONG, v.i. [Sax. thringan; D. dringen; G. drängen; Dan. trænger; Sw. tränga. If n is not radical, this word coincides with Sw. tryka, Dan. trykker, to press, to print. Class Rg.]

To crowd together; to press into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to come in multitudes. I have seen / The dumb men throng to see him. Shak.

THRONG, v.t.

To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark v.

THRONG'ED, pp.

Crowded or pressed by a multitude of persons.

THRONG'ING, n.

The act of crowding together.

THRONG'ING, ppr.

Crowding together; pressing with a multitude of persons.

THRONG-LY, adv.

In crowds. [Not in use.] More.

THRON'ING, ppr.

Placing on a royal seat; enthroning.

THROP'PLE, n.

The windpipe of a horse. [Local.] Cyc.

THROS'TLE, n. [thros'l; Sax. thorstle; G. drossel.]

A bird of the genus Turdus, the song-thrush.

THROS'TLING, n.

A disease of cattle of the ox kind, occasioned by a swelling under their throats, which, unless checked, will choke them. Cyc.

THROT'TLE, n. [from throat.]

The windpipe or trachea. Brown.

THROT'TLE, v.i.

1. To choke; to suffocate; or to obstruct so as to endanger suffocation. Milton. Dryden.
2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

THROT'TLE, v.t.

To utter with breaks and interruptions, as a person half suffocated. Throttle their practic'd accents in their fears. Shak.