Throatwort
Throat″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Throaty
Throat″y (?), a. Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. “Hard, throaty words.” Howell.
Throb
Throb (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Throbbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Throbbing.] [OE. þrobben; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.] To beat, or pulsate...
Throb (2)
Throb, n. A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:The impatient throbs and longings of a soulThat pants and reaches after dist...
Throdden
Throd″den (?), v. i. [Prov. E. throdden, throddle, fat, thriving; cf. Icel. throask to grow.] To grow; to thrive. Grose.
Throe
Throe (?), n. [OE. þrowe, þrawe, AS. þreá a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. þrā a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. þreowian to suffer.] 1. Extre...
Throe (2)
Throe, v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe (3)
Throe, v. t. To put in agony. Shak.
Thrombin
Throm″bin (?), n. [See Thrombus.] (Physiol. Chem.) The fibrin ferment which produces the formation of fibrin from fibrinogen.
Thrombosis
‖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 ...
Thrombus
‖Throm″bus (?), n.; pl.Thrombi (#). (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 bl...
Throne
Throne (?), n. [OE. trone, F. trône, L. thronus, Gr. �; cf. � a bench, � a footstool, � to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dharaṇa supporting, dhṛ to hold fast, carry, and E. firm,...
Throne (2)
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 domi...
Throne (3)
Throne (?), v. i. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. Shak.
Throneless
Throne″less, a. Having no throne.
Throng
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...
Throng (2)
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 multi...
Throng (3)
Throng, v. t. 1. 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. 24.2. To crowd into; to fi...
Throng (4)
Throng, a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. Bp. Sanderson.To the intent the sick... should not lie too throng. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Throngly
Throng″ly, adv. In throngs or crowds.
Throp
Throp (?), n. A thorp. Chaucer.
Thropple
Throp″ple (?), n. [Cf. Thrapple, and see Throttle.] The windpipe. Halliwell.
Thropple (2)
Throp″ple, v. t. To throttle.
Throstle
Thros″tle (?), n. [OE. throsel, AS. þrostle, þrosle; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel. þröstr, Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. √238. Cf. Thrush the bird.] 1. (Zoöl.)...
Throstling
Thros″tling (?), n. [Cf. Throttle.] A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.
Throttle
Throt″tle (?), n. [Dim. of throat. See Throat.] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. Sir W. Scott.2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve.Throttle lever(Steam Engine), the han...
Throttle (2)
Throt″tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Throttled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Throttling (?).] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more ...