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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
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              Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. --Milton.
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     2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Throe \Throe\, v. i.
     To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Throe \Throe\, v. t.
     To put in agony. [R.] --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. --Milton.
  
     2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Throe \Throe\, v. i.
     To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Throe \Throe\, v. t.
     To put in agony. [R.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  throe
       n 1: severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of
            childbirth"
       2: hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the
          throes of economic collapse"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  throe
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     1 A severe pang#Noun or spasm#Noun of pain#Noun, especially one
  experience#Verb when the uterus contract#Verb during childbirth, or when
  a person#Noun is about to die#Verb.
     2 # (lb en usually in the plural) The pain of labour#Noun or
  childbirth; the suffering#Noun of death.
     3 Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst#Noun of
  feeling#Noun; a paroxysm.
     4 (lb en figuratively usually in the plural) A hard#Adjective
  struggle#Noun, especially one associated#Adjective with the
  beginning#Noun or finishing#Noun of a task#Noun.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     (synonym of en froe t=a cleaving#Adjective cleaving tool#Noun tool
  for split#Verb splitting cask#Noun cask stave#Noun staves and
  shingle#Noun shingles from a block#Noun block of wood#Noun wood)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  throe
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     1 A severe pang#Noun or spasm#Noun of pain#Noun, especially one
  experience#Verb when the uterus contract#Verb during childbirth, or when
  a person#Noun is about to die#Verb.
     2 # (lb en usually in the plural) The pain of labour#Noun or
  childbirth; the suffering#Noun of death.
     3 Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst#Noun of
  feeling#Noun; a paroxysm.
     4 (lb en figuratively usually in the plural) A hard#Adjective
  struggle#Noun, especially one associated#Adjective with the
  beginning#Noun or finishing#Noun of a task#Noun.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     (synonym of en froe t=a cleaving#Adjective cleaving tool#Noun tool
  for split#Verb splitting cask#Noun cask stave#Noun staves and
  shingle#Noun shingles from a block#Noun block of wood#Noun wood)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  throe
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     1 A severe pang#Noun or spasm#Noun of pain#Noun, especially one
  experience#Verb when the uterus contract#Verb during childbirth, or when
  a person#Noun is about to die#Verb.
     2 # (lb en usually in the plural) The pain of labour#Noun or
  childbirth; the suffering#Noun of death.
     3 Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst#Noun of
  feeling#Noun; a paroxysm.
     4 (lb en figuratively usually in the plural) A hard#Adjective
  struggle#Noun, especially one associated#Adjective with the
  beginning#Noun or finishing#Noun of a task#Noun.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     (synonym of en froe t=a cleaving#Adjective cleaving tool#Noun tool
  for split#Verb splitting cask#Noun cask stave#Noun staves and
  shingle#Noun shingles from a block#Noun block of wood#Noun wood)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  throe
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     1 A severe pang#Noun or spasm#Noun of pain#Noun, especially one
  experience#Verb when the uterus contract#Verb during childbirth, or when
  a person#Noun is about to die#Verb.
     2 # (lb en usually in the plural) The pain of labour#Noun or
  childbirth; the suffering#Noun of death.
     3 Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst#Noun of
  feeling#Noun; a paroxysm.
     4 (lb en figuratively usually in the plural) A hard#Adjective
  struggle#Noun, especially one associated#Adjective with the
  beginning#Noun or finishing#Noun of a task#Noun.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb (someone) to feel#Verb throe#Noun,
  as if in childbirth; to put#Verb in agony.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle#Verb in
  extreme#Adjective pain#Noun; to be in agony; to agonize.
     n.
     (synonym of en froe t=a cleaving#Adjective cleaving tool#Noun tool
  for split#Verb splitting cask#Noun cask stave#Noun staves and
  shingle#Noun shingles from a block#Noun block of wood#Noun wood)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  throe
     Englanti n.
     tuska, kärsimys

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Throe /θɹˈəʊ/
  الألم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  throe //θɹoʊ// //θɹəʊ// 
  1. родилни болки
  pain of labour or childbirth
  2. спазъм
  severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die
  3. агония
  suffering of death

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  throe //θɹoʊ// //θɹəʊ// 
  агонизирам
  to feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  throe /θɹˈəʊ/
  bolest

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  throe /θɹˈəʊ/
  Agonie 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  throe //θɹoʊ// //θɹəʊ// 
  kouristus
  severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  throe /θɹˈəʊ/
  jaki bolovi, muka

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  throe /θɹˈəʊ/
  1. heves fájdalom
  2. fájdalom

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  throe /θɹˈəʊ/
  1. şiddetli ağrı, sancı
  2. elem, dert, sızı, Istırap
  3. (çoğ.) doğum veya ölüm sancısı
  4. (çoğ.) çabalama. be in the throes of death can çekişmek.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 剧痛,阵痛;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 产痛,挣扎,痛苦,剧痛

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