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    Thring , v. t. & i. [imp. Throng .] [AS. þringan. See Throng.] To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.]
    Chaucer.

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    Throng , n. [OE. þrong, þrang, AS. geþrang, fr. þringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. þryngva, þröngva, Goth. þriehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. þröng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult.  Cf. Thring.]
    1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
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    2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
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      Syn. -- Throng, Multitude, Crowd.  Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed.
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      So, with this bold opposer rushes on
      This many-headed monster, multitude.
      Daniel.

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      Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
      The lowest of your throng.
      Milton.

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      I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
      From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
      Johnson.

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    Throng, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.] To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
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    I have seen the dumb men throng to see him.
    Shak.

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    Throng, v. t.
    1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
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      Much people followed him, and thronged him.
      Mark v. 24.

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    2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
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    Throng, a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
    Bp. Sanderson.

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    To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.
    Robynson (More's Utopia).

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