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n.
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
v. t.
To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
n.
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
v. t.
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
n.
One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
v. t.
To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
v. t.
To throw or tumble over.
n.
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
n.
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.
v. t.
To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.
n.
One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
v. i.
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
p. p.
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v. t.
To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
v. t.
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
v. t.
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.
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