thrall
    n 1: the state of being under the control of another person
         [syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom,
         thraldom]
    2: someone held in bondage

Thrall \Thrall\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall;
   bond; enslaved. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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         The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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Thrall \Thrall\, v. t.
   To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
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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[aum]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.
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            Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.     --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson.
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            He still in thrall
            Of all-subdoing sleep.                --Chapman.
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   3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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Thrall, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    710
   Housing Units (2000): 264
   Land area (2000):     0.406467 sq. miles (1.052744 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.406467 sq. miles (1.052744 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            72824
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             30.588640 N, 97.298707 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     76578
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Thrall, TX
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