† thringn.1
Obsolete.
1. A crowd, press, or throng of people.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > densely packed together
threatc950
press?c1225
thring?c1225
threngc1275
throngc1330
shockc1430
crowd1567
frequency1570
gregation1621
frequence1671
push1718
munga1728
mampus?c1730
squeezer1756
squeeze1779
crush1806
cram1810
parrock1811
mass1814
scrouge1839
squash1884
OE Andreas (1932) 368 Þæt hie þe eað mihton ofer yða geþring drohtaþ adreogan.]
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 125 Engel to mong iþrung ne adaiede ha him neauer ofte.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13738 Amidden þan þrunge [c1300 Otho þringe] þer heo þihkest weoren.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6211 Heo comen to hustinge mid alle heore þringe.
c1275 Wom. Samaria 72 in Old Eng. Misc. 86 Monye..vrnen vt of þe bureuh myd wel Muchel þrynge.
13.. K. Alis. 2533 Aboutyn heom they can go; Parforce smyten into the thrynge.
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1365 Vnneþe i scapede among þat þring, For to bringe þe tiding!
2. Pressure, tightness; some kind of disease.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > other human disorders > [noun]
thringa1400
pip?a1425
foge?c1475
pankc1475
day and night shot1527
kindnessc1600
elf-shot1681
pseudo-syphilis1810
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11821 Þe scab ouer-gas his bodi all, In his sides him held þe thring.
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† thringn.2
Obsolete.
= dreng n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > others
drenga1000
selfode1271
thringc1275
particular tenant1590
rack-renter1680
zamindar1683
roturier1830
statutory tenant1867
livier1883
church renter1889
congest1902
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15844 Þer weoren niȝe þusunde ðringes norðerne islaȝen.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15702 Þa þringes norðerne makeden hine to kinge.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3352 In-to þere burh senden æfter þon hehste þringe [c1300 Otho after on eorl]. þat he comen to þen kinge.
1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 201 Drenghs or thrings, owing special service to ride as couriers or to keep horses or dogs, were settled on certain estates.
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thringv.
/θrɪŋ/α. (a) singular Old English–Middle English þrang, Middle English thrange, Middle English– thrang, 1600s (1800s dialect) thrung; (b) plural Old English þrungon, Middle English þrungen. OE Andreas (1932) 126 Duguð samnade, hæðne hildfrecan, heapum þrungon.c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 394 Þæt folc hine þrang.a1225 Juliana 67 Þrungen euchan biuoren oðer.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24359 Þe nailis þat him þrange on rode.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xli. 479 He thrange in to the thyckest prees. 1535 [see sense 5a]. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11135 Two thawsaund full þroly, þai þrang out of lyue.1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. E1v In therefore they thrung, some wading vp to the knees. 1904 [see sense 5a].
β. Old English þrǫng, Middle English þrong, Middle English þronge, Middle English þrongen (plural), Middle English–1500s thronge, Middle English–1600s throng. c893 [see sense 2]. c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 55 But [Mars] throng now here now there amongis hem both.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1775 Þay þrongen þeder.c1400 Song Roland 838 They preissid, and throng, And thrusten out. a1440Thronge [see sense 5a]. c1520 Adam Bel 224 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 147 To the gate faste he throng. 1526 [see sense 1b]. c1540Þronge [see sense 5a].
3. Past participle.α. Old English þrunge, Middle English i-þrunge, Middle English thrungen, Middle English thrungun, Middle English thrungyn, Middle English–1500s thrungin, Middle English–1500s thrungine, Middle English–1600s thrung, 1500s throung. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 38 Wonne þu art to me i-þrunge.a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxii. 21 [lxxiii. 22] And i am to noghte..Thrungen.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 517 A thousand of men þo thrungen togyderes Criede vpward to cryst. 1513 [see sense 5b]. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11723 Twenty thowsaund thristy, þrungyn togedur.
β. Middle English þrongen, Middle English þrongun, Middle English–1500s throng, Middle English–1500s thronge. ▸ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke viii. 42 The while he wente, he was throngun of the cumpeny.c1400 Hymns Virg. 13 Whanne þou were in þraldom þrong. 1435 [see sense 3b]. a1500Þrongen [see sense 1c]. a1550 [see sense 1c].
γ. Middle English þryngid. c1400 [see sense 5c].
Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1. † b. transitive. To crowd around or upon, to throng (a person). Obsolete.† c. transitive. To press or crowd together (persons or things). Chiefly in past participle (which may belong to a). Obsolete.† 3. † 4. transitive. To press together, squeeze, compress; to crush, bruise. Obsolete.† 6. † b. transitive. To pierce. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To press, crowd, throng; to move or gather in a crowd; to assemble. Also figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals > in large numbers
thringOE
threngc1175
crowda1400
flocka1400
swarm1526
growl1542
throngc1565
shoala1618
horde1801
bike1805
fry1816
hotch1893
OE Phoenix 336 Ðonne fugla cynn on healfa gehwone heapum þringað, sigað sidwegum, songe lofiað, mærað modigne meaglum reordum, ond swa þone halgan hringe beteldað flyhte on lyfte.
OE [see α. forms]. a1175 Cott. Hom. 237 Of þe folce we siggeð þat hit..elce deȝie þicce þringeð.
?c1225 [see ]. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 656 For there was many a brid singing, Throughout the yerde al thringing.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 24637 Quen mi sun ras..All till his graue [Vesp. thrugh] þai thrang.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vii. 58 The damecellis fast to thar lady thringis.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 470 Mony thoughtes full thro thrange in hir brest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > crowd upon
thringc1000
pressc1450
throng1534
flock1609
crowd1614
scrouge1755
c1000 [see α. forms].
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) v. 24 Him fyligde mycel menigeo and þrungon [c1160 Hatton Gosp. þrungen] hine.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 45 Þas menegeo þe ðringað.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke viii. 45 Comaundour, cumpanyes thringen, and turmentyn thee.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark v. f. l And moche people folowed hym, and thronge hym.
ΚΠ
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 122 It was a mery song! I dar say that he broght Foure and twenty to a long... 1 Pastor. Itrow noght So many he throng On a heppe.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5748 With seven thowsaund þro men þrongen to-gedur.
a1550 Hye Way to Spyttel Ho. 171 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 30 Lyke as bestes togyder they be throng, Bothe lame, and seke, and hole them among.
2. intransitive. To press or push forward, as against or through a crowd, or against obstacles; to push or force one's way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on. Now dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency
shovec888
thringc893
thresta1225
wina1300
thrustc1330
pressa1375
throngc1440
wrestc1450
thrimp1513
to put forward1529
intrude1562
breast1581
shoulder1581
haggle1582
strivea1586
wrestle1591
to push on (also along)1602
elabour1606
contend1609
to put on?1611
struggle1686
worry1702
crush1755
squeege1783
battle1797
scrouge1798
sweat1856
flounder1861
pull?1863
tank1939
bulldozer1952
terrier1959
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. xii. §8 He for þære ondrædinge þæs þe swiþor on þæt weorod þrong.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4697 Ouer þene wal heo clumben. & binnen heo þrungen [c1300 Otho þronge].
c1374 [see ]. c1450 Hymns Virg. 122 For alle the stonys grett and smale..All they schalle togedyr drynge, And euerychon to oþer dynge.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xxxi. 262 He thrang here & there, & so with grete payne he gat out of the prees.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 454 Thrys apon fute he thrang throuch all the rout.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2362 He þrong into þicke wodes, þester within.
1606 [see α. forms]. 1638 S. Rutherford Let. to Lady Robertland 4 Jan. That we may thring [1664 (ed. 1) throng] in, stooping low.
1823 T. Carlyle Let. 17 Sept. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) II. 430 I shall just thring on here till I get very desperate.
a. intransitive. To press hard, use oppression. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)]
holec1175
thringc1175
domineer1591
tyrannizea1593
ingrate1600
oppress1611
magistrate1623
tyranny1650
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 He walde anuppon his underlinges mid wohe motien and longe dringan [? ðringan].
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 796 An eiþer oþer faste þringe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5313 Carrais him on þrong and mid spere him of-stong.
b. transitive. To oppress, harass, distress, afflict; to repress. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)]
ofsiteOE
forthringOE
overlayOE
ofsetOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
overseta1200
defoulc1300
oppressa1382
overpressa1382
overchargec1390
overleadc1390
overliea1393
thringa1400
overcarkc1400
to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425
press?a1425
downthringc1430
vicea1525
tread1526
to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533
tyrannizea1533
wring1550
downpress1579
bepress1591
defoil1601
ingrate1604
crush1611
grinda1626
macerate1637
trample1646
the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict
heavyc897
narroweOE
overlayOE
overseamOE
twingea1300
to weigh downa1340
grieve1340
besit1377
oppressc1384
foila1400
thringa1400
empressc1400
enpressc1400
aska1425
press?a1425
peisea1450
straita1464
constraina1500
overhale1531
to grate on or upon1532
wrack1562
surcharge1592
to lie heavy uponc1595
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
to sit on ——1607
to sit upon ——1607
gall1614
bear1645
weight1647
obsess1648
aggrieve1670
swinge1681
lean1736
gravitate1754
weigh1794
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > condition of being oppressed > oppress [verb (transitive)]
beareOE
charka1300
to weigh downa1340
besit1377
to bear (a person or thing) heavyc1384
oppressc1384
thringa1400
empressc1400
accloyc1425
to sit downa1450
threst1513
downtread1536
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)1602
pressa1616
weight1647
to bear (a person or thing) heavily1702
weigh1794
freight1892
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 11821 On his heued he has þe skalle. þe scabbe ouer-gas his bodi alle. fast þai be-gynne him to þringe.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 40 Nouþer with resone it is restrenyd nor with drede it is thronge nor with dome tempyd.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew ii. 9 Ye sal thring them wi' a gad o' airn.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush
breakc900
to-bruisec1000
swatchea1300
to-gnidea1300
defoulc1300
to-crushc1300
thring13..
squatcha1325
to-squatc1325
oppressa1382
crush?a1400
thronga1400
dequassc1400
birzec1425
crazec1430
frayc1460
defroysse1480
to-quashc1480
croose1567
pletter1598
becrush1609
mortify1609
winder1610
crackle1611
quest1647
scrouge1755
grush1827
jam1832
roll1886
13.. St. Mergrete 220 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 231 Sche set hir fot in his nek, to þe erþe sche him þrong.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 900 (MED) Þou sal waite womman for to sting, And sco sal yiet þi hede thring.
5. † c. To thrust or crush (into a confined space); to shut up, confine, bind; figurative to confine, restrict (quot. c1374); in quot. c1400, to bind tightly. Obsolete.
a. To thrust or drive with pressure or violence; to cast, throw, or fling violenty; to hurl, dash, knock; usually with preposition or adverb complement as in, on, out, through, up. Now dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > violently
shoveOE
swengea1225
slata1250
sleata1250
dashc1290
thringa1300
hurlc1305
lashc1330
to ding downc1380
rampenc1390
dinga1400
reelc1400
rash1485
flounce1582
squat1658
ram1718
whang1820
slug1862
slam1870
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > with force or violence
thrustc1175
thrutchc1275
thringa1300
threstc1300
stetec1330
chok?a1400
runa1425
chop1562
tilt1582
jam1836
swag1958
a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvii[i]. 59 God herd..And to noghte he thrange swythe Iraele.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 52 Þei did his iȝene out þring.
c1400 Rom. Rose 7419 In his sleve he gan to thringe A rasour sharpe & wel bitinge.
a1440 Sir Eglam. 1023 He to the erthe theme thronge.
1483 Cath. Angl. 386/1 To Thrynge owte, expremere.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 621 About he turnd and wp his armys thrang. On thai traytours with knychtlik fer he dang.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) clxv Be quhirlyng of the quhele, vnto the ground, Full sudaynly sche hath thaim vp ythrungin.
a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Passioun in Poems (1998) I. 35 Vnneis..he micht sustene That croun on thrungin with crueltie.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 247 Ilk ane of thame out throw him thrang a knyfe,..Thair he la deid syne.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6516 Thretty of þe þroest he þronge out of lyue.
1557 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 237 To thring him self throw the mercat becaus it wes thrang,..and [he] culd na vther wayis evaid vntuichit.
1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros vii. xlvii. 184 Nature which headlong into life doth thring vs.
1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair ii. x. 321 She..just let all go, and thrung herself face to the wall.
b. With down: To throw down by force, thrust or knock down, overthrow (literal or figurative); to bring to ruin. (See also downthring v.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > overthrow or overturn
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
fallOE
cumber1303
overthrowc1375
overturna1382
subverta1382
overwalta1400
sinka1400
to wend downa1400
tuyrec1400
reverse1402
tirvec1420
pervert?a1425
to put downa1425
cumrayc1425
downthringc1430
overthwart?a1439
thringc1480
subvertise1484
succumb1490
renverse1521
precipitate?1528
everta1538
wrake1570
ruinate1590
profligate1643
wreck1749
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset > overthrow in ruins or to destruction
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
to cast downc1230
to throw down1340
everse?a1425
thringc1480
tumble1487
evert1533
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1141 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 33 For sperer of his maieste fra his Joy sall donne thrungine be.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 141 Doun throung vndir this mont Enchelades body..lyis half bront.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 15 The souerane consel of the diuyne sapiens..doune thringis them, fra the hie trone, of ther imperial dominations.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xix. 35 Idolatrie but reuth he did down thring.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 199 Thay threip that I thring doun of the fattest [deer].
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith i. 21 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) The vassels of that onely King, That thunder sends and scepters down doth thring.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xlvii. 3 He sal thring down the folk aneth us.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
restrain1384
bound1393
abounda1398
limita1398
pincha1450
pin?a1475
prescribec1485
define1513
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
pound1589
confine1597
terminate1602
noosec1604
border1608
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
to fasten down1694
crimp1747
bourn1807
to box in1845
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
circumscrivec1374
arta1382
bound1393
limita1398
restrainc1405
pincha1450
restringe1525
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
narrow?1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
conscribe1588
pound1589
confine1597
border1608
circumcise1613
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
prescribe1688
pin1738
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] > confine in a narrow space
threnga1154
thringc1250
straitc1420
estrait1529
straiten1576
stew1590
estraitena1610
crowdc1632
cramp1683
to box in1845
poke1860
c1250 Death 176 in Old Eng. Misc. 178 Þu schal in þe putte faste beon iþrunge.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. pr. vii. 44 Yowre glorye þat is so narwh and so streyte Ithrongen in to so lytul bowndes.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 319 Disciples of crist..weren not þringen in siche couentis.
c1400 Song Roland 290 His kneys coueryd with platis.., his thies thryngid with silk.
c1440 Bone Flor. 1370 They bonde the false..And in pryson caste them,..And ther yn can them thrynge.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 930 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 249 Herrod..petre gert in presone thring.
a. intransitive. To make way (through something) by pressure; to pierce, penetrate; to burst out. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through > by pressure
thringc1330
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > become or make perforated [verb (intransitive)] > make (a) hole(s) > with something sharp > as a sharp instrument
biteOE
rivec1275
piercea1325
thringc1330
soundc1374
thirlc1374
lancec1400
racea1420
entail1590
empierce1797
stab1897
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly
springeOE
outleaplOE
outspring?a1200
loukc1275
start?1316
bursta1325
to start outa1382
out-braida1400
sprentc1400
thringa1500
flush1548
flunge1582
protrude1626
explode1840
flounce1865
plunge1891
dartle1893
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1509 Þat gode swerd þurchim þrang, Gwichard wald abide nouȝt lang.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16438 Þai crond him wit thorn, þat thoru his hefd thrang.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 193 My guttys will outt thryng Bot I this lad hyng.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9641 The ledis on the land..thrappit full throly, thryngyng thurgh sheldis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed
shearOE
sting993
stickOE
spita1225
wound?c1225
stitchc1230
pitcha1275
threstc1275
forprick1297
steekc1300
piercec1325
rivec1330
dag?a1400
jag?a1400
lancec1400
pickc1400
tamec1400
forpierce1413
punch1440
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empiercec1487
to-pierce1488
joba1500
ding1529
stob?1530
probe1542
enthrill1563
inthirlc1580
cloy1590
burt1597
pink1597
lancinate1603
perterebrate1623
puncture1675
spike1687
skiver1832
bepierce1840
gimlet1841
prong1848
javelin1859
c1485 Digby Myst. iv. 672 Se how his hede with thornys is thronge!
Derivatives
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun]
distressc1384
press?1440
presseragec1450
thresting1481
thringing1483
thrust1513
squass1528
pressionc1540
squizing1565
pressure1601
squeezing1611
squishing1647
contrusiona1691
coercion1830
1483 Cath. Angl. 385/2 A Thryngyn [g] downe, articulus, pressura.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 795 With wringing, and thringing, his hands on vther dang.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. to J. Gordon 14 Mar. There is no little thrusting and thringing [1664 (ed. 1) thronging] to thrust in at Heaven's gates.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. > one who or that which overthrows
supplanterc1390
subvertera1500
overthrower1548
subversor1548
downthringera1572
thringera1572
overthrow1581
overturner1591
prostrator1649
profligator1694
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 73 The down thringars of God his glore,..doctouris in idolatrie.
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