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▪ I. throb, n.|θrɒb|
[f. throb v.]
An act of throbbing; a violent beat or pulsation of the heart or an artery.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 208 A thrilling throbbe from her hart did aryse. 1579Lyly Euphues Wks. 1902 I. 264 As the throbbes and throwes in chyldbirth wrought hir payne. 1597― Wom. in Moon i. i. 171 What throbs are these that labour in my brest? 1612tr. Benvenuto's Passenger ii. i. §2. 361 Throbbes, yellings, teares. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 76 ⁋6 Another lenitive by which the throbs of the breast are assuaged. 1827Scott Surg. Dau. vii, The feverish throb of his pulsation was diminished. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xii, Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed, is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows. 1889M. Gray Reproach of Annesley vi. ii, His heart gave a strong throb.
b. Applied to a (normal) pulsation.
1653Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year I. xvii. 231 Though it [the heart] strikes to one side by the prerogative of Nature, yet those throbs and constant motions are felt on the other side also. 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon I. 230 The throb of the pulse in the temple.
c. transf. and fig.; cf. senses of throb v. In first quot. used for a (formal) lamentation: cf. threne.
1626Jackson Creed viii. xxiii. §5 The deepe straine of this particular threne or throb. 1836W. Irving Astoria I. 243 He..felt a throb of his old pioneer spirit, impelling him to..join the adventurous band. 1868J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 333 We hear the dying throbs of that sad devotion. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 245 There were half-a-dozen throbs of flame in the mist behind, and as many balls sung among our rigging. 1892Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 184 Every throb of the locomotive..bears him away from Erma Travenion.
▪ II. throb, v.|θrɒb|
Forms: 4 (pres. pple.) þrobbant, (6 frob), 6–7 throbbe, 6– throb.
[The pr. pple. throbbant occurs in Piers Plowman, 1362; no other examples of the word are known till 1542, when frob occurs in a letter; throbbe, throb is known from 1553. Apparently echoic: no cognate word in Teutonic or Romanic.]
1. a. intr. Of the heart: To beat strongly, esp. as the result of emotion or excitement; to palpitate. Sometimes said of the pulse, bosom, temples, brain, or even of the blood in the vessels.
1362[implied in throbbing ppl. a.]. 1542St. Papers Hen. VIII, IX. 124 My hart frobbed exceedingly. 1553Respublica i. iii. 157 But een as against suche a thing my harte wyll throbbe. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. iii. 95 Your hearts will throb and weepe to hear him speake. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. x. 53 Whome soone as I beheld, my hart gan throb. 1738Pope Epil. Sat. i. 103 No cheek is known to blush, no heart to throb. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 120 O my exulting heart! how it throbs in my bosom. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 206 His temples throbbed—his head rang. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxx, His pulse was throbbing and his cheeks flushed. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 81 At each pause my heart throbbed audibly. 1865Swinburne Rococo 55 Throbs through the heart of pleasure The purpler blood of pain.
b. To beat as the heart does normally; to pulsate. rare.
1653[implied in throb n. b]. 1725N. Robinson Th. Physick 27 The Hearts of several Animals..will throb and beat, some time after they have been exempted from the Body. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. xx, Whose cause..the champions..were bound to avenge while the blood throbbed in their veins.
c. transf. Said of the emotion or the like which affects the heart. In quot. 1591 trans. nonce-use (cf. weep = bewail). Cf. pulsate v. 1 b, pulse v. 2 b.
1591Troub. Raigne K. John x. 21 Deepe sorrow throbbeth misbefalne euents. 1799Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Frenchm. T. (ed. 2) I. 233 Fear still throbbed over her frame. 1819Byron Juan ii. cxxxiv, Not even a vision of his former woes Throbb'd in accursed dreams. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 176 The simple affections of human nature throbbing under the ermine. 1881H. James Portr. Lady xv, A feeling of freedom..which..occasionally throbbed into joyous excitement.
d. transf. Of a person, a body of people, etc.: To feel or exhibit emotion; to quiver.
1841–4Emerson Ess., Love Wks. (Bohn) I. 74 We..throb at the recollection of days when happiness was not happy enough. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter (1863) 8 The world throbs with the excitement of some wonderful criminal trial. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) II. xi. 124 A vast empire was made to throb with the passions which rent the bosom of the one man Nicholas. 1878R. W. Dale Lect. Preach. ix. 278, I like to have two or three hymns throbbing with emotion.
2. a. gen. To be moved or move rhythmically; to pulsate, vibrate, beat.
1847Emerson Woodnotes ii, And God said, ‘Throb!’ and there was motion, And the vast mass became vast ocean. 1865Holland Plain T. ii. 74 Her whole being throbbed and sparkled like the sea. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 15 The very air..Throbbed with sweet scent. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 59 One great beacon throbbed upon the summit of Bulster. 1905R. Garnett Shaks. 106 The verdant level and the slow canal Shall bristle with our pikes, throb with our drums.
b. esp. said of a steamship with reference to the beat of the engine. Also trans. with way as obj.
1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 111 We embarked on the little steamer M., and were soon throbbing up the lake. 1873Black Pr. Thule viii, Then the big steamer throbbed its way out of the harbour.
3. trans. To cause to throb or beat violently. rare.
1606Warner Alb. Eng. xv. xciv. (1612) 376, I know not why, but sure it throbs my heart of late. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 200 That intense, enthusiastic glow That throbs the bosom. 1911T. B. Kilpatrick N.T. Evangelism 105 Samuel Rutherford..whose passionate devotion throbs his letters. 1939T. S. Eliot Family Reunion i. ii. 59 The cold spring now is the time For the ache in the moving root..The slow flow throbbing the trunk. |