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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Thring \Thring\, v. t. & i. [imp. Throng.] [AS. [thorn]ringan.
     See Throng.]
     To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Throng \Throng\, n. [OE. [thorn]rong, [thorn]rang, AS.
     ge[thorn]rang, fr. [thorn]ringan to crowd, to press; akin to
     OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel.
     [thorn]ryngva, [thorn]r["o]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G.
     drang a throng, press, Icel. [thorn]r["o]ng a throng, Lith.
     trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. Thring.]
     1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or
        pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
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     2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
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     Syn: Throng, Multitude, Crowd.
  
     Usage: Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng
            is a large number of persons who are gathered or are
            moving together in a collective body; a crowd is
            composed of a large or small number of persons who
            press together so as to bring their bodies into
            immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed
            multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the
            crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these
            distinctions are not carefully observed.
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                  So, with this bold opposer rushes on
                  This many-headed monster, multitude. --Daniel.
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                  Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
                  The lowest of your throng.        --Milton.
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                  I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
                  From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
                                                    --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Throng \Throng\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Thronging.]
     To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a
     multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
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           I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Throng \Throng\, v. t.
     1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a
        crowd of living beings.
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              Much people followed him, and thronged him. --Mark
                                                    v. 24.
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     2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing
        into, as a hall or a street. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Throng \Throng\, a.
     Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov.
     Eng.] --Bp. Sanderson.
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           To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.
                                                    --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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