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Definition of throw

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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..

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Supplantation :: Supplant (n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of..

Holophote :: Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.

Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material..

Chromosphere :: Chromosphere (n.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame..

Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing..

Upthrow :: Upthrow (v. t.) To throw up.

Disorb :: Disorb (v. t.) To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere.

Javelin :: "Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game..

Maudle :: Maudle (v. t.) To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin.

Drip :: Drip (n.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water..

Grizzly :: Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices..

Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch..

Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels..

Jumble :: Jumble (v. t.) To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

Heap :: Heap (v. t.) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal..

Throw :: Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)..

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult..

Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..