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(), n.[OE. rowe, rawe, AS. re a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. r a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. reowian to suffer.] 1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton. 2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. Throe v. i.To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize. Throe v. t.To put in agony. [R.] Shak. スポンサード リンク
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