Definitions from Wiktionary (throe)

▸ noun:  A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
▸ noun:  (usually in the plural) The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
▸ noun:  Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
▸ noun:  (figuratively, usually in the plural) A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
▸ noun:  Synonym of froe (“a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood”)

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