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(), n.[OE. thral, ral, Icel. rll, perhaps through AS. rl; akin to Sw. trl, Dan. trl, and probably to AS. rgian to run, Goth. ragjan, Gr. tre°chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.] 1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott. 2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman. 3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.] Thrall a.Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser. The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer. Thrall v. t.To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. スポンサード リンク
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