throb, throb be

i. [Etym. doubtful; prob. allied to Lat. trepid us; Eng. trepidation (q. v.).] 1. To beat, as the heart or pulse, with more than the usual force or rapidity; to palpitate. "But the heart of Hiawatha Throbbed and shouted and exulted, As he bore the red deer homeward." Long fellow: Hiawatha, iii. 2. To rise and fall, as with the beating of the heart; to beat. "Friendship, the dear peculiar bond of youth, When every artle bosom throbs with truth." Byron: Childish Recollections . 3. To quiver, to vibrate. throb, *thro be, s. [THROB, v.] A strong pulsation or beat, as of the heart or arteries; a palpitation. "But in his pulse there was no throb , Nor on his lips one dying sob." Byron: Siege of Corinth, xxvii. throb-bing, pr. par. or a. [THROB, v.] throbbing-pain, a. Med .: A pain which is, or seems to be, augmented by the pulsation of the arteries. *throb-le , adj . [Eng. throb , s.; -le .] Not beating or throbbing. "Mine sunk throble ."-Richardson: Clari a, vi. 67. *throck, subst . [Etym. doubtful.) The piece of wood on which the blade of a plow is fixed. ( Halli well .) *throck-needle, s . Bot.: Scandix pecten (?). ( Britten & Holland .) throd-den, v. i. [Prob. from the same root as thrive (q. v.).] To thrive, to prosper, to grow. (Prov.) thrõe (1), throwe, s . [A. S. thred (for thredw )=a rebuke, an affliction, a threat, a pain, from threáw , pa. t. of threbwan (pa. par. throwen )=to afflict severely; throw i an =to suffer pain; cogn. with Icel. thrá a throe, a hard struggle; thrd =to pant after; threyja to endure; O. H. Ger. thrauwa , drow a , dróa; M. H. Ger. drouwe , drowe , dró a threat; Ger. drohen to threaten.) Extreme pain; violent pain or pang; agony, anguish; espec. the pains of childbirth. "My spirits shrunk not to sustain The searching throes of ceasele pain." Byron: The Giaour. thrōe (2), s . [A variant of frow (q. v.).] *thrōe, v . i . & t . [THROE (1), 8. ] A. In trans .: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony. B. Trans.: To put in agony; to pain, to agonize. "A birth, indeed, Which throes thee much to yield." Shakesp.: Tempest , ii. 1.