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Definition of throw

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Throw (v. t.) 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..

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Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies..

Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..

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

Overset :: Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage..

Hurl :: Hurl (v. i.) To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).

Grenade :: Grenade (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

Turn :: Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given..

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..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits..

Yend :: Yend (v. t.) To throw; to cast.

Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..

Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town..

Upflung :: Upflung (a.) Flung or thrown up.

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the

Aftercast :: Aftercast (n.) A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes..

Calash :: Calash (n.) A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage..