[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

throe \throe\, v. i.
   to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

throe \throe\, v. t.
   to put in agony. r. --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

throe \throe\, n. oe. thornrowe, thornrawe, as.
   thornre'a a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps
   influenced by icel. thornr=a a throe, a pang, a longing;
   cf. as. thornreowian to suffer.
   1. extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially,
      one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
      1913 webster

            prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. a tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

throe
     n 1: severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of
          childbirth"
     2: hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the
        throes of economic collapse"

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