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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…

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

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

The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

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

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

A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

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.

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.

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…

A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.

in which the images of extermal objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the oulines may be traced.

A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving.

Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [Western U. S.]

The thing thrown. A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden.

other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.