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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5,624 words match “ROW”

p. p. of Strow.

The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.

THOROW prep. 2 definitions

Through. [Obs.] "Thorow bramble, pits, and floods." Beau. & Fl.

THROW n. 24 definitions

me; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.] Shak. I will with Thomas speak a little throw. Chaucer.

An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

A start in a hunt or a race. [Eng.]

A turning lathe. [Prov. Eng.]

One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

a. & n. from Throw, v. Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

THROWING STICK n.

An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the…

a. & p. p. from Throw, v. Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. -- Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles, two or…

One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.

TOMORROW adv. 2 definitions

On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow. Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. Shak.

TRIPLE-CROWNED a.

Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

TROW v. 2 definitions

To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic] So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer. A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer. It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.

TROWEL n. 3 definitions

A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. -- Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.

Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]

As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.

Wearing trousers. [Obs.]