Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.
3. In Scripture, sovereign power and dignity. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xii. 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; place to; to exalt. [See the Verb.]
2. To place in an elevated position; to give an elevated 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. I. Class Rg.]

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 ex 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. Throtlle their practic'd accents in their fears. Shak.

THROT'TLED, pp.

1. Uttered with breaks and interruptions.
2. Choked; suffocated.

THROT'TLING, ppr.

Choking; suffocating.

THROUGH, adv. [thru.]

1. From one end or side to the other as, to pierce a thing through.
2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
3. To the end; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry aspect through. To carry through, to complete; to accomplish. To go through, to prosecute a scheme to the end. #2. To undergo; to sustain; as, to go through hardships.