throe

IPA: θrˈoʊ

A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
(usually in the plural) The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
(figuratively, usually in the plural) A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.
Synonym of froe (“a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood”)

(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
(intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

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