Definition of throw

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Throw (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.

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Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen..
Novum :: Novum (n.) A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five..
Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..
Derange :: Derange (v. t.) To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation..
Bombard :: Bombard (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
Ejaculatory :: Ejaculatory (a.) Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels..
Sprayboard :: Spray (v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid..
Throw :: 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..
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw..
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty..
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets..
Lanch :: Lanch (v. t.) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch..
Throw :: Throw (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
Embank :: Embank (v. t.) To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..
Undermine :: Undermine (v. t.) To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall..
Yerk :: Yerk (v. t.) To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk..
Pelt :: Pelt (v. i.) To throw missiles.
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