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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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Shake :: Shake (v.) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree..

Jactation :: Jactation (n.) A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.

Unchariot :: Unchariot (v. t.) To throw out of a chariot.

Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..

Novum :: Novum (n.) A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five..

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..

Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..

Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

Upthrow :: Upthrow (n.) See Throw, n., 9..

Putting :: Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game..

Engarboil :: Engarboil (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to disturb.

Cast :: Cast (n.) The thing thrown.

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty..

Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Whelm :: Whelm (v. t.) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Elimination :: Elimination (n.) The act of expelling or throwing of.

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters..

Discomfiture :: Discomfiture (v. t.) The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection..

Prester :: Prester (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.