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THROW n. 24 definitions

Time; 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.

The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.

To throw wrongly.

OUTTHROW v. 2 definitions

To throw out. Spenser.

OVERTHROW v. 3 definitions

To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.

TWO-THROW a. 2 definitions

Capable of being thrown or cranked in two directions, usually opposite to one another; as, a two-throw crank; a two-throw switch.

UPTHROW v. 2 definitions

To throw up. Drayton.

p. p. of Throw. Chaucer.

as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor.

To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. [Archaic] Bacon. Saying so, he abased his lance. Shelton.

To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.] The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls. Edw. Hall.

Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidæ), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæ when irritated.