Throe (O. Edd. throwe) subst. extreme pain, pang, agony: “that gave to me many a groaning t.” H8 II, 4, 199. “other incident --s that nature's fragile vessel doth sustain,” Tim. V, 1, 203. “Lucina took me in my --s,” Cymb. V, 4, 44.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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