Chapter Thitherto to Though of T by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

It is compounded with all in although. See Although.

As though, as if.

In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded.

Gen. xl. 10.

Though
(Though), adv. However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; — used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

I would not be as sick though for his place.

Shak.

A good cause would do well, though.

Dryden.