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▪ I. throbbing, vbl. n.|ˈθrɒbɪŋ|
[f. throb v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb throb in various senses; an instance of this; pulsation, beating; vibration; rhythmic movement.
1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. vi. vi. 430 In the depending Orifice there was a throbbing of the Arteriall bloud. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 152 He felt frequent Throbbings or Shootings in the Tumour. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 234 On every side of us sounded the throbbing of the sea.
▪ II. ˈthrobbing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That throbs; beating, pulsating.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. xii. 48, I..þanked hure a þousand syþes with þrobbant hert. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 1186 My throbbing hart shall rock thee day and night. 1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. v. ii. 355 A throbbing pain in his Wound. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 152 When violent and barbarous blows..fixed every thorn deep in his throbbing temples. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 155 Ethelberta..was brimming with compassion for the throbbing girl so nearly related to her. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 577 Slight periodic throbbing pains in the joints.
b. transf. and fig.
1633G. Herbert Temple, Storm ii, A throbbing conscience spurred by remorse Hath a strange force. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 24 Adapted to soothe the throbbing anguish of the mourners. 1847Emerson Dæmonic Love, The throbbing sea, the quaking earth. 1864W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 140 The throbbing scarlet of the geraniums. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 154 A stately ocean steamer, with throbbing screw.., left a long line of smoke trailing behind her.
Hence ˈthrobbingly adv., in a throbbing manner; with throbbing; with heart beating strongly.
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xlviii. 389 Nor was the rapt of Polyxena more throbbingly resented. 1871Daily News 14 Sept., The gunners on foot could not keep up with their pieces, and panted throbbingly after them. 1885G. Meredith Diana of the Crossways II. xiii. 334 Letters, formally worded..but throbbingly full. |