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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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Dart :: Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow..

Overthrown :: Overthrown (p. p.) of Overthro.

Perdulous :: Perdulous (a.) Lost; thrown away.

Slop :: Slop (n.) Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot..

Bouleversement :: Bouleversement (n.) Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

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

Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa..

Muss :: Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook..

Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government..

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)..

Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..

Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer..

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..

Ore :: Ore (n.) A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless..

Acontia :: Acontia (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated..