Definition of throw

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Throw (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow..

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Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing..
Catapult :: Catapult (n.) A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc..
Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite..
Upcast :: Upcast (a.) Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes..
Despumate :: Despumate (v. t. & i.) To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed..
Profligation :: Profligation (n.) Defeat; rout; overthrow.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..
Thrower :: Thrower (n.) One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
Overturn :: Overturn (v. t.) To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building..
Mangonel :: Mangonel (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.
Void :: Void (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements..
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions..
Squid :: Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate..
Unpreach :: Unpreach (v. t.) To undo or overthrow by preaching.
Feeler :: Feeler (n.) Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative..
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise..
Mat :: Mat (a.) Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Disoccident :: Disoccident (v. t.) To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude.
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