Category:Throw

Throw, n. Etym: [see throe.]

Defn: pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [obs.] Spenser. Dryden.

Throw Throw, n. Etym: [as. , .]

Defn: time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [obs.] Shak. I will with thomas speak a little throw. Chaucer.

Throw Throw, v. t. [imp. Threw; p. p. Thrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Throwing.] Etym: [oe. ,, to throw, to twist, as. to twist, to whirl; akin to d. Draaijen, g. drehen, ohg. drajan, l. terebra an auger, gimlet, gr. Thread, trite, turn, v. t.]

1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, To throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the Hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or Dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a Stream of water to extinguish flames.

3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a Rock.

4. (mil.)

Defn: to cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a Detachment of his army across the river.

5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his Antagonist.

6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest. Shak.

7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. Pope.

8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. Shak.

9. (pottery)

Defn: to form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's Wheel, as earthen vessels.

10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. I have thrown a brave defiance in king henry's teeth. Shak.

11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially Of rabbits.

12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one Thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the Twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole Class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. Tomlinson. To throw away. (a) to lose by neglect or folly; to spend In vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to Throw away money. (b) to reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a Good offer. -- to throw back. (a) to retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) to Reject; to refuse. (c) to reflect, as light. -- to throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, To throw by a garment. -- to throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw Down a fence or wall. -- to throw in. (a) to inject, as a fluid. (b) to put in; to deposit With others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help Make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) to add without Enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. -- to throw off. (a) to expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw Off a disease. (b) to reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw Off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) to make a start In a hunt or race. [eng.](e) to disconcert or confuse. Same as to Throw out (f). -- to throw on, to cast on; to load. -- to throw one's self down, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. -- to throw one's self on or upon. (a) to fall upon. (b) to resign One's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to Repose upon. -- to throw out. (a) to cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. "the other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should Enjoy their exile." Swift. "the bill was thrown out." Swift. (b) to Utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation Or observation. "she throws out thrilling shrieks." Spenser. (c) to Distance; to leave behind. Addison. (d) to cause to project; as, to Throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) to give forth; to emit; as, an Electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) to put out; to Confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. -- to throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; As, to throw over a friend in difficulties. -- to throw up. (a) to resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up A commission. "experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they Know that the game is in the enemy's hand." Addison. (b) to reject From the stomach; to vomit. (c) to construct hastily; as, to throw up A breastwork of earth.

Throw Throw, v. i.

Defn: to perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; Specifically, to cast dice. To throw about, to cast about; to try Expedients. [r.]

Throw Throw, n.

1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the Hand or an engine; a cast. He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw, he sent it in a Whirlwind at the foe. Addison.

2. A stroke; a blow. [obs.] Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws. Spenser.

3. The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's Throw.

4. A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a Good throw.

5. An effort; a violent sally. [obs.] Your youth admires the throws and swellings of a roman soul. Addison.

6. (mach.)

Defn: the extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating Reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; Stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length Of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, The throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke Of the piston.

7. (pottery)

Defn: a potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d jigger, 2 (a).

8. A turner's lathe; a throwe. [prov. Eng.]

9. (mining)

Defn: the amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- According to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a Downthrow.