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Throe vs Throwe - What's the difference?

throe | throwe |

As nouns the difference between throe and throwe

is that throe is a pang, spasm while throwe is (uk|dialect) a turning lathe.

As a verb throe

is to put in agony.

throe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pang, spasm.
  • * 1819 , :
    • As if their own indignant Earth
    Which gave the sons of England birth
    Had felt their blood upon her brow,
    And shuddering with a mother's throe
    Had turned every drop of blood
    By which her face had been bedewed
    To an accent unwithstood, —
    As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]
  • A hard struggle.
  • A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * in the throes of

    Verb

  • To put in agony.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
  • *:SEBASTIAN:
    • Prithee, say on:
    The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
    A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed
    Which throes thee much to yield.
  • To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

    • Anagrams

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    throwe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A turning lathe.
    • (Webster 1913) ----