Throw () To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

Throw () To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

Throw () To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

Throw () 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.

Throw () To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

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

Throw () A stroke; a blow.

Throw () The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

Throw () A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

Throw () An effort; a violent sally.

Throw () 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.

Throw () A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

Throw () A turner's lathe; a throwe.

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

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

Throwe () A turning lathe.

Thrower () One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

Throwing () a. & n. from Throw, v.

Thrown () a. & p. p. from Throw, v.

Throw-off () A start in a hunt or a race.

Throwster () One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.

Thru () Through.

Thrum () One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

Thrum () Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

Thrum () A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

Thrum () A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Thrum () A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

Thrummed () of Thrum

Thrumming () of Thrum

Thrum () To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

Thrum () 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.

Thrum () To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

Thrum () Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.

Thrum () To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

Thrum () Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

Thrum-eyed () Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.

Thrummy () Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.

Thrumwort () A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).

Thruout () Throughout.

Thrush () Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.

Thrush () Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.

Thrush () An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.

Thrush () An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

Thrushel () The song thrush.

Thrusher () The song thrush.

Thrust () Thrist.

Thrust () of Thrust

Thrusting () of Thrust

Thrust () To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Thrust () To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.

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