\Throw\, v. i.
{To throw back}, to revert to an ancestral type or character.
   ``A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back
   to their Darwinian ancestry.'' --The Century. Throwing

\Throw\ (thr[=o]), n. [See {Throe}.]
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Dryden.

\Throw\, n. [AS. [thorn]r[=a]h, [thorn]r[=a]g.]
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.] --Shak.
      I will with Thomas speak a little throw. --Chaucer.

\Throw\, v. t. [imp. {Threw} (thr[udd]); p. p. {Thrown}
(thr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Throwing}.] [OE. [thorn]rowen,
[thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to
twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG.
dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to
turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf. {Thread}, {Trite}, {Turn},
v. t.]
1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of
   the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss,
   or to bowl.
2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance
   from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as,
   to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a
   ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish
   flames.
3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be
   thrown upon a rock.
4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw
   a detachment of his army across the river.
5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws
   his antagonist.
6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
         Set less than thou throwest.          --Shak.
7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
         O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --Pope.
8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
         There the snake throws her enameled skin. --Shak.
9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine,
   or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
          I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's
          teeth.                               --Shak.
11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said
    especially of rabbits.
12. 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. --Tomlinson.
{To throw away}.
    (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to
        bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away
        time; to throw away money.
    (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good
        offer.
{To throw back}.
    (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply.
    (b) To reject; to refuse.
    (c) To reflect, as light.
{To throw by}, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as
   useless; as, to throw by a garment.
{To throw down}, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to
   throw down a fence or wall.
{To throw in}.
    (a) To inject, as a fluid.
    (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as,
        to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to
        throw in an occasional comment.
    (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something
        extra to clinch a bargain.
{To throw off}.
    (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a
        disease.
    (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off
        all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.
    (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.]
{To throw on}, to cast on; to load.
{To throw one's self down}, to lie down neglectively or
   suddenly.
{To throw one's self on} or {upon}.
    (a) To fall upon.
    (b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or
        sustain power of (another); to repose upon.
{To throw out}.
    (a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. ``The
        other two, whom they had thrown out, they were
        content should enjoy their exile.'' --Swift. ``The
        bill was thrown out.'' --Swift.
    (b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to
        throw out insinuation or observation. ``She throws
        out thrilling shrieks.'' --Spenser.
    (c) To distance; to leave behind. --Addison.
    (d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an
        abutment.
    (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws
        out a brilliant light.
    (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often
        throws out an orator.
{To throw over}, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to
   discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties.
{To throw up}.
    (a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a
        commission. ``Experienced gamesters throw up their
        cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's
        hand.'' --Addison.
    (b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit.
    (c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of
        earth.

\Throw\, v. i.
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast;
specifically, to cast dice.
{To throw about}, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.]

\Throw\, n.
1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling
   from the hand or an engine; a cast.
         He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw, He sent
         it in a whirlwind at the foe.         --Addison.
2. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.]
         Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.
                                               --Spenser.
3. The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a
   stone's throw.
4. A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast;
   as, a good throw.
5. An effort; a violent sally. [Obs.]
         Your youth admires The throws and swellings of a
         Roman soul.                           --Addison.
6. (Mach.) 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.
7. (Pottery) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d
   {Jigger}, 2
   (a) .
8. A turner's lathe; a throwe. [Prov. Eng.]
9. (Mining) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a
   fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as
   an upthrow, or a downthrow.