Throttle (3)
Throt″tle, v. i. 1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
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Throttler
Throt″tler (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.2. (Zoöl.) See Flasher, 3 (b).
Through
Through (?), prep. [OE. thurgh, þurh, þuruh, þoruh, AS. þurh; akin to OS. thurh, thuru, OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth. þaírh; cf. Ir. tri, tre, W. tr...
Through (2)
Through, adv. 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 a conclusion; to the u...
Through (3)
Through (?), a. Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train...
Throughly
Through″ly, adv. Thoroughly. Bacon.Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2.To dare in fields is valor; but how fewDare to be throughly valiant to be true? Dryden.
Throughout
Through‐out″ (?), prep. Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appearOf sun...
Throughout (2)
Through‐out″, adv. In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
Throve
Throve (?), imp. of Thrive.
Throw
Throw (thrō), n. [See Throe.] Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. Spenser. Dryden.
Throw (2)
Throw, n. [AS. þrāh, þrāg.] Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. Shak.I will with Thomas speak a little throw. Chaucer.
Throw (3)
Throw, v. t. [imp.Threw (thrṳ); p. p.Thrown (thrōn); p. pr. & vb. n.Throwing.] [OE. þrowen, þrawen, to throw, to twist, AS. þrāwan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. dr...
Throw (4)
Throw (?), v. i. To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.To throw about, to cast about; to try expedients.
Throw (5)
Throw, n. 1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw,He sent it in a whirlwind at ...
Throw (6)
Throw, v. i. — To throw back, to revert to an ancestral type or character. “A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.” The Century.
Throw-crook
Throw″–crook′ (?), n.(Agric.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Throw-off
Throw″–off′ (?), n. A start in a hunt or a race.
Throwe
Throwe (?), n. A turning lathe.
Thrower
Throw″er (?), n. One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
Throwing
Throw″ing, a. & n. from Throw, v.Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, orThrowing wheel(Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of ...
Throwing stick
Throw″ing stick′. (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; — called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the bu...
Thrown
Thrown (?), a. & p. p. from Throw, v.Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the single...
Throwster
Throw″ster (?), n. [Throw + -ster.] One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
Thru
Thru (?), prep., adv. & a. Through.
Thrum
Thrum (?), n. [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. �römr edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf. Term.] [Wri...
Thrum (2)
Thrum, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thrummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thrumming.] 1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? Quarles.2. (...
Thrum (3)
Thrum, v. i. [CF. Icel. �ruma to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.] 1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.2. Hence, to make a mono...