Look up: throwing

1. Throwing
   A ball of clay is centred on the wheel and the thumb is then pressed down in the centre to open the clay and form the base of the vessel. The fingers of both hands pull the excess clay up to form the walls.
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2. Throwing
   A delicate balance which defies gravity and centrifugal force as clay is coaxed up by hand from the spinning turntable. A process ideally suited to forming Cups, Vases and Jugs.
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3. throwing
   In ceramics, the operation of shaping clay on a potter's wheel, a revolving head (disc) onto which a lump of wet clay is `thrown` and then shaped manually. The potter's wheel was invented by the...
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4. throwing
   2 or 3 of these multi-filament strands are twisted together to form heavier threads; this process is called -- from the Angle-Saxon word 'thrawan' meaning to whirl or spin. Category: Various industries and crafts • the process of making a circular clay object of a rotating wheel. Centrif...
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5. Throwing
   Throw'ing adjective & noun from Throw , v. Throwing engine , Throwing mill , Throwing table , or Throwing wheel (Pottery) , a machine on which earthenware is first rudely sh...
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6. Throwing
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throw • a. & n. from Throw, v.
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7. throwing
   (from the article `textile`) ...from the cocoon directly onto a holder. When several filament strands, either raw silk or man-made, are combined and twisted together, producing ...
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8. throwing
   In ceramics, the operation of shaping clay on a potter's wheel, a revolving head (disc) onto which a lump of wet clay is `thrown` and then shaped manually. The potter's wheel was invented by the ancient Egyptians in about 5000 BC. Its simplest form is the kickwheel, propelled by the potter using a crank or treadle to keep the turn...
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9. Throwing
   In pottery, throwing means making a pot from a piece of clay on a potter's wheel.
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10. throwing
    The process of forming clay objects on a potter's wheel.
    Found on http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glo
    
    
11. Throwing
    1. "Having a go" at a move, without practising and mastering all the progressions. Usually unsafe and leads to bad technique.
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12. Throwing
    (cricket) In the sport of cricket, `throwing,` commonly referred to as `chucking,` is an illegal bowling action which occurs when a bowler straightens their arm when delivering the ball. The Laws of Cricket specify that a bowler`s arm must be fully extended and rotated about the shoulder to i...
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