قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

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

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.

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

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

A stroke; a blow.

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

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

An effort; a violent sally.

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.

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

A turner's lathe; a throwe.

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

An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

A start in a hunt or a race.

A turning lathe.

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

of Throw

a. & n. from Throw, v.

of Throw

a. & p. p. from Throw, v.