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thrall

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrall  \Thrall\,  n.  [OE.  thral,  [thorn]ral,  Icel. 
  [thorn]r[ae]ll,  perhaps  through  AS  [thorn]r[=ae]l;  akin  to 
  Sw  tr["a]l,  Dan.  tr[ae]l,  and  probably  to  AS 
  [thorn]r[ae]gian  to  run,  Goth.  [thorn]ragjan,  Gr  tre`chein; 
  cf  OHG.  dregil,  drigil,  a  servant.] 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrall  \Thrall\,  a. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrall  \Thrall\,  v.  t. 
  To  enslave.  [Obs.  or  Poetic]  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thrall 
  n  1:  the  state  of  being  under  the  control  of  another  person  [syn: 
  {bondage},  {slavery},  {thralldom},  {thraldom}] 
  2:  someone  held  in  bondage 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Thrall,  TX  (town,  FIPS  72824) 
  Location:  30.58844  N,  97.29843  W 
  Population  (1990):  550  (232  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.9  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  76578




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