Throe, v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe, v. t. To put in agony. [R.] Shak.
||Throm*bo"sis (?), n. [NL. See Thrombus.] (Med.) The obstruction of a
||blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; —
||distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign
||body brought from a distance. — Throm*bot"ic (#), a.
||
||Throm"bus (?), n.; pl. Thrombi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a lump, a clot
||of blood.] (Med.) (a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel
||and remaining at the site of coagulation. (b) A tumor produced by the
||escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
||
Throne (?), n. [OE. trone, F. trône, L. thronus, Gr. &?;; cf. &?; a
bench, &?; a footstool, &?; to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dharaa
supporting, dh to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a.] 1. A chair of
state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince,
bishop, or other high dignitary.
The noble king is set up in his throne.
Chaucer.
High on a throne of royal state.
Milton.
2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a
throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or
dignified personage.
Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Gen. xli. 40.
To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne.
Tennyson.
3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning
given by the schoolmen. Milton.
Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing.
Young.
Throne, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Throning.] 1.
To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. Shak.
2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion
to; to exalt.
True image of the Father, whether throned In the bosom of bliss, and
light of light.
Milton.
Throne (?), v. i. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if
upon a throne. Shak.
Throne"less, a. Having no throne.
Throng (?), n. [OE. þrong, þrang, AS. geþrang, fr. þringan to crowd, to
press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel.
þryngva, þröngva, Goth. þriehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel.
þröng 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.