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To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.] His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him. Milton.

To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.

The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

5 to 50 feet), laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.

To throw down. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

ce at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. A. J. Ellis.

A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. Thackeray.

faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.

To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. Milton.

Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. Melmoth.

riment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good. They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public. Bancroft.

Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.

To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton.

To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or ex Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large As could their hundred offices discharge. Dryden.

A thrower of the discus.

Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]

The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.

To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate. Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. Glanvill.