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Thrall : (noun)
1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn:
bondage, slavery, thralldom, thraldom]
2: someone held in bondage
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Thrall : \Thrall\, v. t.
To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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