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Thrall
Pronunciation : Thrall
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. thral, , Icel. , perhaps through AS. ; akin to Sw. tr?l, Dan. tr?l, and probably to AS. to run, Goth. , Gr. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
Definition : 1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Thrall
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser. The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Thrall
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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