From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrall \Thrall\, verb (used with an object) To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrall \Thrall\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrall \Thrall\, adjective 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn: {bondage}, {slavery}, {thralldom}, {thraldom}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrall": absolutism, bond service, bondage, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, captivity, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, control, debt slave, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, galley slave, helot, helotism, helotry, homager, indentureship, liege, liege man, liege subject, odalisque, peon, peonage, restraint, serf, serfdom, serfhood, servant, servility, servitude, slave, slavery, subject, subjection, subjugation, theow, thralldom, tyranny, vassal, vassalage, villein, villenage, yoke
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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 Thrall
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