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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Volley :: Volley (v. i.) To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys..
Project :: Project (v. t.) To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm..
Lycoperdon :: Lycoperdon (n.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.
Tail :: Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression heads or tails, employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall..
Quoit :: Quoit (v. t.) To throw; to pitch.
Jet D''eau :: "Jet d'eau () A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit..
Maudle :: Maudle (v. t.) To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin.
Snowball :: Snowball (v. i.) To throw snowballs.
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
Uproar :: Uproar (v. t.) To throw into uproar or confusion.
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies..
Nondeposition :: Nondeposition (n.) A failure to deposit or throw down.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. t.) To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place..
Jaculation :: "Jaculation (n.) The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears..
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