thro
preposition
Early Modern English
Meaning
Through; from one side of something to the other. tree →
Then and now
An old short spelling of "through"; today we write through in full.
Examples
- They ran thro' all the rooms, closets, and wardrobes, which were all so rich and fine, that they seemed to surpass one another. (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) tree →
- Their father and mother seeing them busy at their work, got from them by degrees, and then ran away from them all at once, along a by-way, thro' the winding bushes. (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) tree →
- As she was going thro' the wood, she met with Gaffer Wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he durst not, because of some faggot-makers hard by in the forest. (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) tree →
Note
Today: through.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «thro» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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