Some men fish a throat by the simple resource of keep- 
ing the point of the rod steady at an angle above the cast, 
and letting the current itself take the fly round. 
Quarterly llev., CXXVI. 348. 
thriving 6312 
Seldom a thriving man turns his land into money to 
make the greater advantage. Locke. 
2f. Successful; famous; worthy. 
The thrid was a thro knight, thrivand in armys, 
Deffebus the doughty on a derfe stede. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1482. 
thrivingly (thri'ving-li), adi\ In a thriving or 
prosperous way; prosperously, 
thrivingness (thri'viug-nes), . The state or 
condition of one who thrives; prosperity. 
thro 1 *, a. [Early mod. E. also throe; < ME. thro, 
throo, thra, thraa, < Icel. thrar, stubborn, ob- 
quently.J 1. Eager; earnest; vehement. To lie in one's throat. 
There as the swift hound may no further goe throat (throt) V. t. [< throat, .] If. To utter 
Then the slowest of foot, be he never so throe. in a guttural tone ; mutter. 
Boolce of Hunting (1586). (HalliweU.) 
n R n ].i So Hector hereto throated threats to go to sea in blood. 
Chapman, Iliad, xiii. 135. 
2. To channel or groove. 
Sills are weathered and throated like the parts of a string 
course. Encyc. Brit., IV. 472. 
L corrupt spelling of throttle. 
grow. Earl Robert (Child's Ballads, III. 29). throat-band (throt 'band) n. A band about 
thro', thro3 (thro). A shorter form of through. * h ? * hroa * ' specifically the throat-latch of a 
throat (throt), w, [Early mod. E. also throte; < t i"2v mm T^-n "r*/',n? */ t i n 
ME. throte, < AS. throtu, also throta, throte (= *T% "^JCS^/ZrkS [ E. throtebotte, 
O^G. drozza, MHG. drozze, throat) (hence dim. < AS ; throtboUa (cf OFries. strotbolla) the 
throat, < throtu, throat, + holla, a round object: 
throe 
brasure (which see), (m) In angling, a straitened body of throat-SWeetbread (throt'swet'bred), n. See 
water flowing with a smooth current through a narrow *inectl>re(ld 1 
place, as between rocks in a river. . , 
throatwort (throt'wert), n. [From being for- 
merly used as remedies in relaxation of the 
throat.] 1. A species of bellflower, Campanula 
Trachelium, the great throatwort, sometimes 
Almond of the throat. See almond. Clergyman's called hankwort, once an esteemed remedy for 
sore throat. See derift/man. Sore throat, inflamma- throat-ailments; also, C. Cervicaria and other 
tion of the lining membrane of the gullet, pharynx, fauces, campanulas. 2. A plant of the genus Trache- 
or upper air-passuges, attended by piun on swallowing. ,. 
To cut one another's throat, figuratively, to engagS, as "'""> allled to Campanula; also, the foxglove, 
two dealers, in a ruinous competition. (Colloq.] To cut JHijitalis purpurea, and the figwort, Scrophularia 
one's own throat, figuratively, to adopt a suicidal policy. H o<fo.S'rt._Blue throatwort, Trachelium ciendmm. 
Thoghe the knyst were kenc and thro, 
The owtlawys wanne the chylde hym fro. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 85. (HaUiwell.) 
thro 2 t, *' [ME. thron, < Icel. throa, refl. throask ^" ""I u 
(= MHG. drfchen), grow. Cf. throddenj To JES "' 
throttle, n.)- perhaps < thredtan pp. throten), lro , at > ^ nr( >f'] n ,' T %P & T\" 
in the orig. sense ' push,' ' thrust ' (either as be- ?, ee 6 .' ri2 ' . Ct \ hr ''J'f' e ^ , The Protuberance in 
ing 'pushed out 'or ' prominent.' or with ref. to * he throat called Adam's apple; hence, the 
throat itself. 
By the throte bolle he caughte Aleyn. 
Chaucer, Sieve's Tale, 1. 353. 
ing ' pushed out ' or ' prominent,' or with ref . to 
the 'thrusting' of food down the throat): see 
threat. A similar notion appears in the origin 
of a diff. noun of the same sense, namely D. strot 
= OFries. strot (-bolla) = MLG. strote = MHG. throat-bolt (throt'bolt), n. Naut., an eye-bolt 
strozze (> It. strozza), the throat, gullet; from nxed in the lower part of tops and the jaw-end 
the root of strut, 'swell,' be prominent.] 1. f gaffs, for hooking the throat-halyards to. 
The front of the neck below the chin and above throat-brail (throt'bral), n. Naut., a. brail reev- 
the collar-bone ; technically, the jugular region, ing through a block at the jaws of a gaff for 
jugulum, or guttur. tricing the body of a fore-and-aft sail close up 
I prithee, take thy fingers from my throat to tho S aff as wel1 as the mast - See cut under 
Jt., Hamlet, v. i. 283. brad. 
tural ; uttered back in the throat. 
The Conclusion of this rambling Letter shall be a Rhyme 
of certain hard throaty Words which I was taught lately, 
and they are accounted the difficultest in all the whole 
Castilian Language. Howell, Letters, ii. 71. 
2. Having a prominent throat or capacious 
swallow; hence, voracious; gluttonous: as, a 
throaty fish. 
The beagle resembles the southern hound, but is much 
more compact and elegant in shape, and far less throaty 
in proportion to its size, though still possessing a consider- 
able ruff. Dogs of Great Britain and America, p. 64. 
throb (throb), v. i.; pret. and pp. throbbed, ppr. 
throbbing. [< ME. throbben; origin unknown. 
Of. L. trcpidus, trembling, agitated (see trepid) ; 
Russ. trepatl, knock gently; trepete, palpita- 
tion, throbbing, trembling, fear; trepetate, 
throb, palpitate.] 1 . To beat or pulsate, as the 
heart, but with increased or quickened force 
or rapidity; palpitate. 
Yet my heart 
Throbs to know one thing. 
Shot., Macbeth, iv. 1. 101. 
Throbbing, as throbs the bosom, hot and fast. 
Lowell, Ode to France, viii. 
2. To quiver or vibrate. 
Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags 
were furl'd 
In the Parliament of men, the Federation of the world. 
Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 
., , . . . 
2. The passage from the mouth to the stomach throat-chain (throt'chau), n. A chain strap throb (throb), w. [< throb .] A beat or strong 
or to the lungs, (a) The swallow or gullet ; technical- 
ly, the fauces, pharynx, and esophagus. 
And thei duellen alle weye in Roches or in Mountaynes ; 
pen Venym alle weys. Mandeirille, Travels, p. 290. 
(b) The air-passage in the throat ; the windpipe ; techni- 
formerly used by whalemen to hoist in the 
throat of the bow-head whale. The chain was fas- 
tened by a toggle to the throat of the whale, and the hoist- 
ing-tackle was hooked into the strap.! 
pulsation; a violent beating, as of the heart 
and arteries ; a palpitation : as, a throb of plea- 
sure or of pain. 
There an huge heap of singnlts did oppresse 
His strugling sonle, and swelling throbs empeach 
His foltring toung with pangs of drerinesse. 
xi. 11. 
through the bight of the toggle-chain to hold it to the 
,-, r _ , .. .. ..,,,,,, , ,.. throat of a bow-head whale. 
cally, the larynx and trachea: as, to form musical notes throated (thro'ted), a. [< throat + -cd?.~\ Hav- , 
in the (Aroof. ;,, ., tlTrXnt Cnf this, . that Vi,, n vfl i Endeavors for freedom are animating; nor can any hon- 
ing a throat (ol this or that kind) : chiefly in e st nature hear of them without a throb of sympathy, 
composition: as, the white-throated sparrow; Sumner, Orations, I. 239. 
I'll have you preferred to be a crier ; you have an excel- 
1 * *I It >l r\ IT J llr I It t * *5L<fcv , uulltllKI, vslaljluIIB, i. ~.t'.t, 
lent throat fort. DeUerand Webster, Northward Ho, iii. 1. the yellow-throated warbler ; the black-Mroate throbbantt TME nnr of throb 1 Thrnhbi 
The cock that is the trumpet to the morn, bunting. Compare throaty 2. bbantt,", 
Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat fhrnatoi- fHirR'&rl A tr>ifo , a<^ t n , t n And tha 'i e l kneled on my knes and kyste her wel sone, 
Awake the god of day. Shak, Hamlet i 1 151 tnr ater (till p ter), n. A knite used to cut the And thanked hure a thousand sythes with throbbant herte. 
o <a~ mo( .i,- vi- ' , ' throats of fish ; also, one who uses the throater, Piers Plowman (A), xiU48. 
&sg ^iSth: -uKS^S pir^e^ 
^% to r^^s^E?SS SrFp^li?^^^ tJK^W,nto?'4~.] Not 
tnrfiAT,-na.lva.rH mirnf. ' nn.1 " varH^ A7/n*f _i- ^i -^i-. r-rt -, J 
throat-halyard (throt 'haH yard), ." Naut. "beating"or tJh'robbTng. "'[Rare.'] 
See halyard. 
throatiness (thro'ti-ues), n. 1. 
or unusual prominence of the throat. 
Every tongue silent, every eye awed, every heart quak- 
ing ; mine, in a particular manner, sunk fAro6feg. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, VI. 67. (Dames.) 
The Paular bear much wool of a fine quality, but they throdden (throd'n), V. i. [Said to be ult. < Icel. 
have a more evident en argement behind the ears, and a t ] ir g ns k thrive 1 To thrive increase orow 
greater degree of throatiness. iitivii&n, LIJIIVC. j iiive, 11 ,rease, grow. 
lla of (i) Gfrfirdiaflat>a and (a) Acanthus mollii 
r u 
being the circular line at which the tube and limb unite, throatinir 
or sometimes a manifest transition between the two. (c) A l S r aT;m K 
New Ainer. Farm Book, p 409. 
2. Throaty or guttural character or quality of 
voice or utterance 
iJ,,,t -1- 
thtoat + 
entra c<! of 80raeth "' : 
;uween uie LWO. (C) a mv j ... * . v J 
, _ passageway into or * ae undercutting of a projecting molding be- 
through, neath, so as to prevent rain-water from trick- 
S 1 . 1 i d . lntre P id ln th . Tei T throat . . ling down the surface of the wall. 
l"OV. tng.] 
el ( ^ h ) ,' "' [Formerly also and more prop. 
throw; Sc. thraw ; < ME. throwe, thraice, < AS. 
thraw (spelled thrduu in an early gloss), threa, 
- 
dronwa, droa (draw-), MHG. 
a threat, = Icel. thra, n., 
, drouive, dro, 
hard struggle, 
Of sutphurous war. 7Wm, Autumn, 1. 937. th '^ a t {aws (tl^roV^^^ " The iaws of the obstinacy, thra, f., a throe, pang, longing, < 
<d) Naut. ,: (!) The centra, part of the ho.low of a breast- Thro^tppVied to the'borfy pharyngeal appa! *" (VL**>>> .PP- ^en, S cL'p. 
ratus of lower vertebrates. 
hook or knee. (2) The inner end 
of a gaff, where it widens and hol- 
lows in to fit the mast. See cut un- 
der gaff. (3) The inner part of the 
arras of an anchor, where they join 
the Bhank. (4) The upper front 
corner of a four-sided fore-and-aft 
sail, (e) In slap-building, the mid- 
dle part of a floor-timber. (/) In 
building, the part of a chimney, 
usually contracted, between the fire- 
place proper and the gathering, (g) 
The narrowed entrance to the neck 
of a puddling-furnace, where the 
area of flue-passage is regulated. 
See cut under puddliny-furnace. 
(h) In plate-glass manuf., the front 
door of the annealing-arch, (i) The 
entranceway in a threshing-ma- 
chine, where the grain in the straw 
passes from the feed-board to the 
cylinder, (j) The opening in a 
plane-stock through which the shav- 
ings pass upward, (t) That part 
of the spoke of a wheel which lies 
just beyond the swell at the junc- 
tion of the hub. E. H. Kniyht. ([) 
In furt., same as yorge; also, the 
smaller or inside opening of an em- 
These [esophageal] fibres may, however, form a well- 
developed pharyngeal sphincter, as in fishes, and serve for 
moving those throat-jaws, the pharyngeal bones, which 
exist in so many of the lowest vertebrate class. 
Mivart, Elem. Anat, p. 318. 
throat-latch (throt'lach), n. In a harness, a 
strap which passes under a horse's neck and 
helps to hold the bridle in place; a throat-band. 
See cut under harness. E. H. Knight. 
throat-piece (throt'pes), . In armor, in a 
general sense, a defense for the throat, or the 
front of the neck and breast. 
throat-pipe (throt'pip), n. The windpipe or 
weasand ; the trachea. 
d-throwen), afflict. Cf. throe*, .] 1. A violent 
pang; hence, pain; anguish; suffering; agony: 
particularly applied to the anguish of travail 
in childbirth or parturition. 
So were his thrmves sharpe and wonder stronge. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 1201. 
He hadde vs euere in mynde, 
In al his harde throwe, 
And we ben so vnkynde, 
We nelyn hym nat yknowe. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 150. 
Such matchless Throws 
And Pangs did sting her in her straitned heart. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 208. 
Thus round her new-fall'n young the heifer moves, 
Fruit of her throes, and first-born of her loves. 
cies of avens, Gemn Virginianum. 
i, slab; 2, hearth ; 3, 
jamb; 4, fireplace; 5 
mantelpiece: 6, throat 
7. gathering ; 8, funnel 
q. flue; 10, mantel ; n 
back ; 13. grate ; 13 
breast ; 14, .lamper. 
throat-root (throt'rSt), . An American spe- o t wffnvt P< **' Illad ' ""' "' 
cii> nf n.vmio 11, ,/**, !';,,/; .,;.,,,,,.,, ' 
Your youth admires 
wellings of a Roman soul. 
Addison, Cato. 
throe 1 (thro), v.; pret. and pp. throed, ppr. throe- 
imj. [Formerly also and more prop, throw ; Sc. 
*,.., ,,m,e,,iacc. throat-Seizing ( I hrot 'se^/i ng), ii. \inil., (he The throws and i 
seizing by which the strap of a block or dead- 
eye is made to fit securely in the score. 
throat-strap (throt'strap), n. The upper strar. 
of a halter, which passes around (he horse's 
neck. Also called jaic-strttp. 
horse's 
/;. //. Knit/lit. 
thratr: < 1UK. llimin-n, < AS. tlirinriau (=OHG. 
i, ilnlni), suffer, endure, < tlireowan (pp. 
