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Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.

A failure to deposit or throw down.

A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.] Shak.

ntensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.

That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. The off als of other profession. South.

An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens. -- Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic, a.

metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.

That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the fæces. See Income.

side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.

To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7.

One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon.

To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. Warriors carry the warrior's pall. Tennyson.

To throw out; to vomit. [Obs.] Skelton.

ow. -- Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam. -- Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it. -- Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.

rom bits blown from frothy lava or from the tips of lava jets or from bits of liquid lava thrown into the air. It often collects in thick masses resembling tow.

To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. The children billows seem to pelt the clouds. Shak.