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The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears. Hurled to and fro with jaculation dire. Milton.

One who throws or casts. [R.]

Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers. Smart.

A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm Addison.

To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. -- Jerk"ing*ly, adv.

A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.

The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.] How the knave jowls it to the ground. Shak.

ght to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength, and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy.

To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up. Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together Burton. Every clime and age Jumbled together. Tennyson.

Portland cement when thrown or blown into the recesses of carved stonework to intensify the shadows.

Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. [Colloq.]

ght with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. Shak.

To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch. See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee.

or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.

covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw.]

To throw out with a jerk or quickly. He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. Dryden.