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- English Word Throw Definition 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.
- English Word Throw Definition To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
- English Word Throw Definition The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
- English Word Throw Definition A stroke; a blow.
- English Word Throw Definition The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
- English Word Throw Definition A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
- English Word Throw Definition An effort; a violent sally.
- English Word Throw Definition 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.
- English Word Throw Definition A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
- English Word Throw Definition A turner's lathe; a throwe.
- English Word Throw Definition The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.
- English Word Throw-crook Definition An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
- English Word Throw-off Definition A start in a hunt or a race.
- English Word Throwe Definition A turning lathe.
- English Word Thrower Definition One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
- English Word Throwing Definition of Throw
- English Word Throwing Definition a. & n. from Throw, v.
- English Word Thrown Definition of Throw
- English Word Thrown Definition a. & p. p. from Throw, v.
- English Word Throwster Definition One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
- English Word Thru Definition Through.
- English Word Thrum Definition One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
- English Word Thrum Definition Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
- English Word Thrum Definition A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- English Word Thrum Definition A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
- English Word Thrum Definition A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- English Word Thrum Definition To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- English Word Thrum Definition To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.
- English Word Thrum Definition To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
- English Word Thrum Definition Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.