"Throw" is a word in ENGLISH
To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a
detachment of his army across the river.
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a
stone's throw.
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be
thrown upon a rock.
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.
To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
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.
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.
To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of
the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said
especially of rabbits.
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast;
specifically, to cast dice.
An effort; a violent sally.
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws
his antagonist.
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from
the hand or an engine; a cast.
To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or
potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; --
according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a
downthrow.
A stroke; a blow.
A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as,
a good throw.
To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
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One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
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