英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Throw
(v. t.)
To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said
especially of rabbits.
Throw
(v. t.)
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
(v. i.)
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast;
specifically, to cast dice.
Throw
(n.)
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from
the hand or an engine; a cast.
Throw
(n.)
A stroke; a blow.
Throw
(n.)
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a
stone's throw.
Throw
(n.)
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as,
a good throw.
Throw
(n.)
An effort; a violent sally.
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.
Throw
(n.)
A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
Throw
(n.)
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
Throw
(n.)
The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; --
according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a
downthrow.
Throw-crook
(n.)
An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Throw-off
(n.)
A start in a hunt or a race.
Throwe
(n.)
A turning lathe.
Thrower
(n.)
One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists
silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
Throwing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Throw
a. & n. from Throw, v.
Thrown
(p. p.)
of Throw
a. & p. p. from Throw, v.