throe 
ii p. Iliriiirni). alllic-t : see Uirm-l, n. These 
forms and sense* an- more or less eonfused.| 
I. inlniiix. To agoni/.o ; struggle in extreme 
pain ; he in ngony. 
II. Innix. To pain; put in agony, [liare.] 
A Inilli hid 1 
Which throe* thee much in yield 
>'**-., Tempest, II. 1. 231. 
throe'-'t, a. **'< '/""'. 
throlyt, "''' I M I'-, also ihrnlii. tkroUche; < thro'- 
+ -Iii'-.] Eagerly; earnestly; heartily; vehe- 
mently; impetuously: lioldly. 
llc-rtily for that hau to-heuenc-wai-d he loked, 
A thriiirlte thonkeu g<Mi maul thousand sithes. ___ _ _ . , 
H'iUuim of Palerne (E. E. T. .\ 1. 103. throne (thron), v. ; pret. and pp. throned, ppr. 
6313 
Thy thrum, o Hod, l (or ever and ever, ft. xlv. 8. 
Komi Tyrant, I'll depose thee from thy Throne. 
Cmetnj, The Mistress, I'surpatlon. 
Hugh III. , the new king, hail the advantage of iici|iiirinK 
Ihr thrmir when he had we and exj>erience to till it: anil 
he reined fourteen yearn. 
Stubtu, Medieval and Modem Ili-t . p. 178. 
3. i>l. The third order of angels in tlie first 
triad of the celestial hierarchy. See celestial 
hierarchy, under hierarchy. 
The mighty regencle* 
Of seraphim, and potentates, and thrunrt, 
In thi-ir triple .1. v , -, ,>. Milton, f. L, v. 749. 
Bishop's throne. See bithop and cathedra. Speech 
from the throne. 
Thus Thoust and I also Mim/.i/ w c- c ml. n 
IHsputj n^ cm Dowel day aftur citln-r, 
And er we weoreu war with Wit conne we meeten. 
Pier Plowman (A), U. 107. 
thrombi, Plural of thrombus. 
thrombo-arteritis (throm-lio-ar-te-ri'tis), n. 
[NL., < Gr. H/iiiu/iiif, a clot of blood, + NL. ar- 
teritis.} Inflammation of an artery with throm- 
liosis. 
thrombolymphangitis (tlirom -bo - lira -fan - ji'- 
tis), n. [NL., < Gr. 6p6/i/1ot, a clot of blood, + 
NL. lymphangitis.} Inflammation of a lym- 
C" tic vessel with obstruction, 
mbophlebitis (throm'bo-fle-bi'tis), . 
[NL., < Gr. <>/>6[iftos, a clot of blood, + NL. 
phlebitis.} Inflammation of a vein with throm- 
bosis. 
thrombosed (throm'bost), a. [< thrombosis + 
-c(t*.} Affected with thrombosis, 
thrombosis (throm-bo'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. 606/1- 
f, a becoming curdled, < ttjd/tjiof, a lump. 
throning. [< ME. thronen, troner; < throne, n. 
Cf. cntiirour, tlinini-c.} I. trans. 1. To set on 
a throne ; enthrone. 
The flrste Feste of the Ydole In whan he IB Hint put in to 
hire Temple and throntd. MaadtmUe, Travels, p. 23-2. 
As on the finger of a throned queen 
The liasest jewel will be well cuteem'd. 
Shot., Sonnet*, xcvi. 
2. To set as on a throne; set in an exalted 
position; exalt. 
Throned 
In the bosom of bliss. 
Hilton, F. K-, IT. MW. 
II. intrnns. To sit on a throne; sit in state 
as a sovereign. [Rare.] 
throstle 
When more and more the people throng 
The chairs ncl thrones c,f rivil p.iei. 
TViwtyacm, In Memoriam, xxi. 
On the Ihnwieil uuays >he watched the ships conn- in. 
Wafiam Horrit, Earthly Paradise, I. -iM. 
3f. To fill or stuff. 
A man Utrowj'd up with cold; my veins are chill, 
And have nc. TIC..I. ..f life than may iit!1- 
To Kive my tongue that heat to auk your help. 
Shot., Pericles, II. 1. 77. 
throng 2 (throng), a. [Sc. also timing ; < ME. 
thraiifl, 'throng, < Icel. llin'ingr, tliranngr. 
thrmnjr = Dan. Irani/, narrow, close, tight, 
crowded, througed ; from the root of throngl. 
Hiring.} 1. Thickly crowded or set close toge- 
ther; thronged; crowded. 
They have four hospitals, so big, to wide, so ample, 
and so large that they may seem four little towns, which 
were devised of that bigness, partly U> the Intent the sick, 
be they never BO many in number, should not lie tool/irony 
or strait* and therefore uneasily and incommodiously. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), II. 5. 
Lancers are riding as throng ... as leave*. .Sex*/. 
Ay, I'm told TIs a throng place now. 
J. W. f aimer. After hi* Kind, p. 52. 
2. Much occupied or engaged; busy. 
In these times great men, yea and men of Justice, are 
as throng as ever in pulling down houses, and setting up 
hedges. Sandenm'i Sermon* (iasX P- US. (HallimU.) 
[Obsolete or prov. Eng. and Scotch in both 
uses.] 
Ho wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven throng 3 t. Preterit of thring. 
to throne In. SAai., Cor., v. 4. 26. throngful (throng'ful), a. [< throngl + -fill.} 
Filledbyathrong; crowded; thronged. [Rare.] 
The thnnvjful street grew foul with death. 
WhiMer, The Female Martyr. 
Thy late repentance, long despair, 
Thou throneleu Homicide? 
Byron, Ode to Napoleon. 
throng 1 (throng), n. [< ME. throng, throng, < 
AS. gethrang = D. drang = MHG. drane, G. 
flumt, a oecomin eu, s W ,ip. throneless (thron'les), a. [< 
clot, curd: see thromhux.} The coagulation ot W V, ^ especially 
the blood in a blood-vessel or m the heart dur- 
ing life ; the formation or existence of a throm- 
bus. See thrombus (b). 
thrombotic (throm-bot'ik), a. [< thrombosix 
(-tit-) + -ic.] Pertaining to or of the nature of 
thrombosis. 
thrombus (thvom'bus), n.; pi. thrombi (-bi). 
[NL., < L. thrombus, < Gr. fy>o>/?oc, a lump, clot, 
curd.] In pathol.: (at) A small tumor which 
sometimes arises after bleeding, owing to es- 
cape of the blood from the vein into the cellu- 
lar structure surrounding it, and its coagula- 
tion there, (b) A fibrinous coagulum or clot 
which forms in and obstructs a blood-vessel. 
thronal (thro'nal), a. [< throne + -al.} Of or 
pertaining to a'throne ; befitting a throne ; of 
the nature of a throne: as, a bishop's thronal 
chair. 
throne ( thron ), n. [Altered to suit the L. form ; 
< ME. trone = D. trnon = G. thron = Sw. Iron = 
Dan. troiie, < OP. trone, throne, trosne, throsne, 
F. trone = Pr. tron, tro = Sp. trono = Pg. tiirono 
= It. trono, < L. thronus, < Gr. flpiivof, a seat, 
chair, throne, < Opdftv, set, aor. mid. Opi/aaatiai , 
sit.] 1. A chair of state; a seat occupied 
by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted per- 
sonage on occasions of state. The throne is now 
usually a decorated arm-chair, not necessarily of remark- 
Every one here is magnificent, but the great Veronese 
is the most magnificent of all. He swims before you In a 
silver cloud ; he thronet in an eternal morning. 
//. Jatnet, Jr. I v n trait s of Places, p. 29. 
throne + -less.} throngly (thrdng'li), adv. [< throng* + -ly?.} 
y in the sense of In crowds, multitudes, or great quantities. 
having been deprived "of a throne ; deposed. Dr. H. More, Philosophic Cabbala, ii. $ 7. [Ob- 
Must she too bend, must she too share solete or provincial.] 
thronizet (thro'nlz), v. t. [< ME. tronysen; by 
apheresis from eiithronize.} To enthrone. 
By meane whereof he was there chosen pope about the 
vii. day of May, and tronyied in the sayd moneth of May. 
Pallium, Chron., an. 1*13. 
drang, throng, crowd, pressure (cf. OHG. gi- thropet, >i. [ME., < AS. throp, a village: see 
drenai, MHG. ncdrcnqe.G.qedrange, thronging, thorp.} A thorp ; a village. Piers I'loirnutH 
(A), ii. 47. 
pressure, throng, crowd, tumult), = Icel. throng, 
throng, crowd; cf. Sw. tr&ng = Dan. trang, thropple (throp'l), n. [Also thrapple ; prob 
throng, = Goth."</iriAw, crowd, quantity (in a reduction of throat-boll, < HE. throttbole, 
[Also thrapple; prob. 
all, < ME. tltrotcbole, < 
faihu'ilirailins, riches); < AS. thringan (pret. AS. throtbolla, windpipe: see throat-boll.} The 
thrang), press: see thring. Cl. throng?.} 1. throttle or windpipe. 
A crowd or great concourse of people ; a mul- thropple (throp 1), v. t. ; pret. and pp. throppkd, 
titude, great in proportion to the space it oc- ppr. throppling. K thropple, n.} To throttle; 
' . Eng.] 
cupies or can occupy. 
A thral thryjt in the throng unthryuandely clothed, 
Ne uo fcstiual frok. but fyled with werkker. 
Alliterative Poemt (ed. Morris), ii. 133. 
The throng that follows Caesar at the heels . . . 
Will crowd a feeble man almost to death. 
Shot., J. C., Ii. 4. S4. 
Now had the Throng of People stopt the Way. 
Congrew, Iliad. 
strangle. [Prov. 
Throscidae (thros'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < ThroKcvs 
+ -iflse.} A family of serricom beetles, allied 
to the liuprestidfe, Klateridse. and K>ienemi<lte. 
It differs from the first In having the ventral segments 
free, from the second in having the prothorax firmly ar- 
ticulated, and from the third hy a different construction of 
the anterior coxal cavities. The family comprises 6 genera 
and rather more than lot) species, of which 3 genera and 
17 species are found in the United States. 
Throscus(thros'kus).n. [NL. (Latreille, 1796), 
< Gr. OpuoKctv, leap upon.] A genus of small 
serricorn beetles, typical of the family Thros- 
i'itl;r. They have a three-jointed antennal club and tar- 
sal grooves in the metasternum, and resemble click-bee- 
tles. Twelve species are known to Inhabit North America. 
A dialectal form of 
2. A great number : as, the heavenly throng. 
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, 
The lowest of your throng. MUtan, P. L., iv. 831. 
O'er the green a festal throng 
Gambols in fantastic trim ! 
Cuiiiiiiuiliiiiii, A Landscape, II. 5. 
3. A busy period, great press of business, or throshel (throsh'el), 11. 
the time when business is most active : as, the .;. *?,,,, 
thronf, of the harvest; he called just in the throstle (thros'l),n [The word and its cognates 
thron',. [Scotch.] = 8 yn.i. Crowd, etc. See multitude, appear m diverse forms: (n) tkr,atlf. dial, also 
J - - - thrugtle, thirutle, early mod. E. thrustel, thrus- 
Oriental Throne of 
i.i.iiM. . mill -il.l. 
Teheran, Penti 
Jdecl carvings, in the palace at 
alile richness, and seldom of great size, but usually raised 
on a dais of one or two steps, and covered with an orna- 
mental canopy. Ancient and Oriental thrones are de- 
!.<! ilied and represented as very elaborate, made in part of 
precious materials, or raised very high w itli clitltrent nb- 
stnirtuivs, :inl supported on figures of beasts or men. 
"(i, inyi/hty Cod," quod Pandarus, "in trone." 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1086. 
Twelve throne* were designed for them, and a promise 
made "f their ciithronizatioii. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1S35X I. iiii 
After considerable delay, the KITII: received the Oxford 
and Cambridge addresses cm the tlir/me, which (havinu 
only one thrnnr between tin-nil lie- then tMtolM for the 
Queen to se:lt herself ctn and nvc-ive tllein tK). 
UU, Memoirs, July 20, 1S. 
2. Sovereiirn power and dignity: also, the 
wiclilemf tliat (xiwcr: ftjao, epUOOptiV] authority 
or rank: often with tin- definite article. 
throng 1 (throng), r. '[< throng^, n. } I. intraux. 
To come (or go) in multitudes; press eagerly 
in crowds ; crowd. 
Menelay with his men meuyt in swlthe, 
Thre thousaund full thro thrang Into hatell. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), L 8288. 
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. 
Shale., Cor., II. 1. 27a 
The peasantry . - lAronjrfity/ tranquilly along the green 
lanes to church. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 88. 
E[. trans. 1. To crowd or press; press un- 
duly upon, as a crowd or multitude of people 
anxious to view something. 
Much people followed him, and thronged him. 
Mark T. 24. 
This foolish prophesie, 
That, vnlesse thron>td to death, tin -u ne're shalt die ; 
And therfore neither vnto church norfalre 
Nor any piiblicke meeting darst repalre. 
Times' Whittle (E. E. T. S.X p. B. 
Yet If, said he, 
I (Arnn;/ my Oarling with this massy store, 
Twill to a Burden swell my Courtesy. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 25. 
2. To erowd into; fill as or as with a crowd. 
TVirmi./cmr large temples with the shows of peace. 
And not c.nr streets illi war '. Shall., Cor, iii. 3. 3a 
tell, < ME. throHtlc, throattl, throstelle, throstil, 
thrnstl<; thrvstele, in comp. also threstel, thyrs- 
tylle, < AS. throstle = MD. drostel, droestel = 
MHG. trostel, perhaps = ML. turdela, tunM- 
la, tordela, tordella (for'trzdela f); cf. (ft) E. 
throssel, throssil (in E. merely another Hpelling 
of throstle as now pronounced); AS. thronle = 
OS. throssela, throsla = MD. drossel, drofxxrl, 
D. drossel = MLG. drosle, LG. *dro<e/, > G. 
drossel = Sw. Dan. drossel, prob. assimilated 
(st > s) from the forms of the preceding group, 
which are prob. dim. of (c) Icel. throstr(thrast-) 
= Sw. trast = Norw. trast, trost = Dan. trout, a 
thrush, prob. = L. turdus, tnrda (for *tr:ilnx, 
*tr:da t), a thrush; these having prob. orig. 
initials, (d) = Lith. xtra;da#, xtra^dfi, a thrush. 
Forms with a diff. terminal lettr (perhaps 
altered from that of the preceding) appear in 
() E. thrush, < ME. thrushe, thrnm-hi; tliryxhe, 
< AS. thrysce, thryssce, thrince = OHG. drosca, 
a thrush (cf. Gr. Tf>yf ("rpvayuv f). a dove); 
whence the dim. (/) E. dial, thrushel (cf. also 
thrnxhcr and tlinisher"), ME. "throshel, thriixliil. 
thruxthil = OHC. drottcela, MHG. droxfhel, Gr. 
dial, drnxi-hil. ;i thrush. If the forms in (e) 
