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of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.

Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water. Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow. Harper's Mag.

Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat. Buckets . . . to bail out the water. Capt. J. Smith.

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.

ojection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

e sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! Shak.

To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. I belched a hurricane of wind. Swift.

To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.] From her betumbled couch she starteth. Shak.

d; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. -- To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up." Tatler.

by the action of heat. -- To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.

To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. Milton.

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.

ttack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to…

Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.