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Boundless intemperance hath been 
Th’ untimely emptying of the happy throne , 
And fall of many kings. Shakspeare. 
The seat of a bishop.—Bishops preached on the steps of 
the altar standing, having not as yet assumed the state of a 
throne. Ayliffe. 
One highly exalted; spoken of angelical beings. 
Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, 
Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton. 
To THRONE, v. a. To enthrone; to set on a royal seat. 
They have, as who have not, whom their great stars 
Thron'd and set high ? Shakspeare. 
THRONG, s. [Spang, Saxon, from bpingan, to press]— 
A crowd ; a multitude pressing against each other. 
Let us on heaps go offer up our lives: 
We are enow yet living on the field, 
To smother up the English in our throngs. Shakspeare. 
THRONG, adj. Much occupied; very busy: a northern 
expression, sometimes spoken thrang. 
To THRONG, v. n. To crowd; to come in tumultuous 
multitudes. 
I have seen 
The dumb men throng to see him, and the blind 
To hear him speak. Shakspeare. 
To THRONG, v. a. To oppress or incommode with 
crowds or tumults. 
I’ll say, thou hast gold: 
Thou wilt be throng'd too shortly. Shakspeare. 
THRONGLY, ado. In crowds; in multitudes.—God 
had so contrived, by his infinite wisdom, that matter, thus or 
thus prepared, should by a vital congruity attract propor¬ 
tional forms from the world of life, which is every where 
nigh at hand, and does very throngly inequitate the moist 
and unctuous air. More. 
THROPPLE, a township of England, in Northumber¬ 
land ; 5 miles west-by-north of Morpeth. 
THROPTON, a township of England, in Northumber¬ 
land ; 13 miles south-west-by-west of Alnwick. 
THRO'STLE, s. [Spoptle, Saxon.] The thrush; a sing¬ 
ing bird. 
The throstle with his note so true. 
The wren with little quill. Shakspeare. 
THROSTON, a hamlet of England, in Durham; 11£ 
miles north-north-east of Stockton-upon-Tees. 
THROTTLE, s. The windpipe; the larinx.—At the 
upper extreme it hath no larinx or throttle to qualify the 
sound. Brown. 
To THROTTLE, v. a. To choak; to suffocate; to kill 
by stopping the breath. 
I have seen them shiver and look pale. 
Make periods in the midst of sentences. 
Throttle their practis’d accents in their fears. 
And, in conclusion, dumbly have broke off. Shakspeare. 
THROVE, the preterite of thrive. —England never throve 
so well, nor was there ever brought into England so great 
an increase of wealth since. Locke. 
THROUGH, prep. [Suph, Saxon; door, Dutch; durch 
German; thairh, Goth. Dicitur de transitu per locum in 
omnibus dialectis. Wachter. Mr. Tooke derives it from 
the Goth, substantive dauro, (Teut. thuruh, the same,) a 
door, gate, passage.] From end to end of; along the whole 
mass or compass.—Noting passage. 
Through the gate of ivory he dismiss’d 
His valiant offspring. Dryden. 
By transmission.— Through these hands this science has 
passed with great applause. Temple. —By means of; by 
agency of; in consequence of.—The strong through plea¬ 
sure soonest falls, the weak through smart. Spenser. 
THROUGH, adv. From one end or side to the other. 
You’d be so lean, that blasts of January 
Would blow you through and through. Shakspeare. 
To the end of any thing; to the ultimate purpose; to the 
final conclusion.—Every man brings such a degree of this 
light into the world with him, that though it cannot bring 
him to heaven, yet it will carry him so far, that if he follows 
it faithfully he shall meet with another light, which shall 
carry him quite through. South. 
THROUGHBRED, adj. [commonly throughbred .] 
Completely educated; completely taught.—A thorough¬ 
bred soldier weighs all present circumstances, and all 
possible contingents. Grew. 
THROUGH'LIGHTED, adj. Lighted on both sides.— 
That the best pieces be placed where are the fewest lights; 
therefore not only rooms windowed on both ends, called 
through/ighted, but with two or more windows on the 
same side, are enemies to this art. Wotton. 
THRO'UGHLY, adv. It is commonly written thorough¬ 
ly, as coming from thorough .]—Completely; fully; en¬ 
tirely ; wholly. 
The sight so throughly him dismay’d, 
That nought but death before his eyes he saw. Spenser. 
No less wisdom than what made the world can throughly 
understand so vast a design. Tillotson. —Without reserve; 
sincerely.—Though it be somewhat singular for men truly 
and throughly to live up to the principles of their religion, 
yet singularity in this is a singular commendation. Tillotson. 
THROUGHOUT, prep. Quite through; in every part of. 
O for a clap of thunder, as loud 
As to be heard throughout the universe, 
To tell the world the fact, and to applaud it. B. Jonson. 
THROUGHO'UT, adv. Every where; in every part. 
Subdue it, and throughout dominion hold 
Over fish of the sea and fowl of the air. Milton. 
THRO'UGHPACED, adj. Perfect; complete.—He is 
very dextrous in puzzling others, if they be not throughpaced 
speculators in those great theories. More. 
To THROW, v. a. preter. threw, part. pass, thrown; 
[cSpapan, Saxon.] To fling; to cast; to send to a distant 
place by any projectile force. 
He fell 
From Heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove 
Sheer o’er the crystal battlements. Milton. 
To toss; to put with any violence or tumult. It always 
comprises the idea of haste, force, or negligence. 
To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, 
Wrapp’d in his crimes against the storm prepar’d ; 
But when the milder beams of mercy play. 
He melts, and throws his cumb’rous cloak away. Dryden. 
To lay carelessly, or in haste.—His majesty departed 
to his chamber, and threw himself upon his bed, lamenting 
with much passion, and abundance of tears, the loss of an 
excellent servant. Clarendon. 
At th’ approach of night. 
On the first friendly bank he throws him down, 
Or rests his head upon a rock till morn. Addison, 
To venture at dice. 
Learn more than thou trowest. 
Set less than thou throwest. Shakspeare, 
To cast; to strip; to put off. 
There the snake throws the enamell’d skin, 
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. Shakspeare. 
To emit in any careless or vehement manner. 
To arms; for I have thrown 
A brave defiance in king Henry’s teeth. Shakspeare. 
To spread in haste. 
O’er his fair limbs a flow’ry vest he threw , 
And issu’d like a god to mortal view. Pope. 
To overturn in wrestling.—If the sinner shall not only 
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