Throttler Throt"tler noun 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.

2. (Zoology) See Flasher , 3 (b) . [ Prov. Eng.]

Through Through preposition [ Middle English thurgh , þurh , þuruh , þoruh , Anglo-Saxon þurh ; akin to Old Saxon thurh , thuru , OFries. thruch , Dutch door , Old High German durh , duruh , German durch , Goth. þaírh ; confer Ir. tri , tre , W. trwy . √53. Confer Nostril , Thorough , Thrill .] 1. From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.

2. Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.

Through the gate of ivory he dismissed
His valiant offspring.

Dryden.

3. By means of; by the agency of.

Through these hands this science has passed with great applause.

Sir W. Temple.

Material things are presented only through their senses.

Cheyne.

4. Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.

5. Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.

6. From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.

Through Through adverb 1. From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through .

2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through .

3. To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through .

» Through was formerly used to form compound adjectives where we now use thorough ; as, through -bred; through - lighted; through -placed, etc.

To drop through , to fall through; to come to naught; to fail. -- To fall through . See under Fall , intransitive verb

Through Through adjective Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.

Through bolt , a bolt which passes through all the thickness or layers of that which it fastens, or in which it is fixed. -- Through bridge , a bridge in which the floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them. Confer Deck bridge , under Deck . -- Through cold , a deep- seated cold. [ Obsolete] Holland. -- Through stone , a flat gravestone. [ Scot.] [ Written also through stane .] Sir W. Scott. -- Through ticket , a ticket for the whole journey. -- Through train , a train which goes the whole length of a railway, or of a long route.

Throughly Through"ly adverb Thoroughly. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity.

Ps. li. 2.

To dare in fields is valor; but how few
Dare to be throughly valiant to be true?

Dryden.

Throughout Through·out" preposition Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear
Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year.

Milton.

Throughout Through·out" adverb In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout .

Throve Throve imperfect of Thrive .

Throw Throw (thrō) noun [ See Throe .] Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [ Obsolete] Spenser. Dryden.

Throw Throw noun [ Anglo-Saxon þrāh , þrāg .] Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [ Obsolete] Shak.

I will with Thomas speak a little throw .

Chaucer.

Throw Throw transitive verb [ imperfect Threw (thru); past participle Thrown (thrōn); present participle & verbal noun Throwing .] [ Middle English þrowen , þrawen , to throw, to twist, Anglo-Saxon þrāwan to twist, to whirl; akin to Dutch draaijen , German drehen , Old High German drājan , Latin terebra an auger, gimlet, Greek ... to bore, to turn, ... to pierce, ... a hole. Confer Thread , Trite , Turn , transitive verb ] 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 Throw intransitive verb 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 Throw noun 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. [ Obsolete]

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. [ Obsolete]

Your youth admires
The throws and swellings of a Roman soul.

Addison.

6. (Machinery) 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 .

Throw Throw intransitive verb -- 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.

Throw-crook Throw"-crook` noun (Agriculture) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Throw-off Throw"-off` noun A start in a hunt or a race. [ Eng.]

Throwe Throwe noun A turning lathe. [ Prov. Eng.]

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

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 shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

Throwing stick Throw"ing stick` (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower . One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing.

Thrown Thrown adjective & past participle from Throw , v.

Thrown silk , silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. -- Thrown singles , silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles , two or more of which are twisted together making dumb singles , and several of these twisted together to make thrown singles .

Throwster Throw"ster noun [ Throw + - ster .] One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.

Thru Thru preposition , adverb & adjective Through. [ Ref. spelling.]

Thrum Thrum noun [ Middle English thrum , throm ; akin to OD. drom , Dutch dreum , German trumm , lump, end, fragment, Old High German drum end, Icelandic ...römr edge, brim, and Latin terminus a limit, term. Confer Term .] [ Written also thrumb .] 1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

3. (Botany) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

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

5. (Nautical) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

Thrum cap , a knitted cap. Halliwell. - - Thrum hat , a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. Minsheu.

Thrum Thrum transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Thrummed ; present participle & verbal noun Thrumming .] 1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?

Quarles.

2. (Nautical) 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. Totten.

Thrum Thrum intransitive verb [ CF. Icelandic ...ruma to rattle, to thunder, and English drum .] 1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.

Thrum Thrum transitive verb 1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

Thrum-eyed Thrum"-eyed` adjective (Botany) 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 Thrum"my adjective Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums. Dampier.

On her head thrummy cap she had.

Chalkhill.

Thrumwort Thrum"wort` noun (Botany) A kind of amaranth ( Amarantus caudatus ). Dr. Prior.

Thruout Thru·out" Throughout. [ Ref. spelling.]

Thrush Thrush noun [ Middle English þrusche , Anglo-Saxon þrysce ; akin to Old High German drosca , droscea , droscela , and English throstle . Confer Throstle .] 1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.

» Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle ( Turdus musicus ), the missel thrush (see under Missel ), the European redwing, and the blackbird. The most important American species are the wood thrush ( Turdus mustelinus ), Wilson's thrush ( T. fuscescens ), the hermit thrush (see under Hermit ), Swainson's thrush ( T. Aliciæ ), and the migratory thrush, or American robin (see Robin ).

2. (Zoology) 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 .

Ant thrush . See Ant thrush , Breve , and Pitta . -- Babbling thrush , any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also babbler . -- Fruit thrush , any species of bulbul. -- Shrike thrush . See under Shrike . -- Stone thrush , the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. -- Thrush nightingale . See Nightingale , 2. - - Thrush tit , any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus Cochoa . They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. -- Water thrush . (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler ( Seiurus Noveboracensis ).

Thrush Thrush noun [ Akin to Danish tröske , Swedish trosk ; confer Danish tör dry, Swedish torr , Icelandic þurr , Anglo-Saxon þyrr , Middle English thrust thrist, English thrist .] 1. (Medicine) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthæ . See Aphthæ .

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

Thrushel Thrush"el noun The song thrush. [ Prov. Eng.]

Thrusher Thrush"er noun The song thrush. [ Prov. Eng.]

Thrust Thrust noun & v. Thrist. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Thrust Thrust transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Thrust ; present participle & verbal noun Thrusting .] [ Middle English ...rusten , ...risten , ...resten , Icelandic ...r...st... to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to English threat .] 1. 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.

Into a dungeon thrust , to work with slaves.

Milton.

2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through .

To thrust away or from , to push away; to reject. -- To thrust in , to push or drive in. -- To thrust off , to push away. - - To thrust on , to impel; to urge. -- To thrust one's self in or into , to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. -- To thrust out , to drive out or away; to expel. -- To thrust through , to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the doublet." Shak. -- To thrust together , to compress.

Thrust Thrust intransitive verb 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

And thrust between my father and the god.

Dryden.

3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse." Chapman.

To thrust to , to rush upon. [ Obsolete]

As doth an eager hound
Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.

Spenser.

Thrust Thrust noun 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.

[ Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.

Dryden.

2. An attack; an assault.

One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.

Dr. H. More.

3. (Mech.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Architecture) , a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers) , a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. -- Thrust plane (Geol.) , the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.

Syn. -- Push; shove; assault; attack. Thrust , Push , Shove . Push and shove usually imply the application of force by a body already in contact with the body to be impelled. Thrust , often, but not always, implies the impulse or application of force by a body which is in motion before it reaches the body to be impelled.

Thruster Thrust"er noun One who thrusts or stabs.

Thrusting Thrust"ing noun 1. The act of pushing with force.

2. (Dairies) (a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. (b) plural The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. [ Written also thrutchthings .] [ Prov. Eng.]

Thrusting screw , the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [ R.]

Thrustle Thrus"tle noun (Zoology) The throstle, or song thrust. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]

When he heard the thrustel sing.

Chaucer.

Thryes Thryes adjective Thrice. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Thryfallow Thry"fal`low transitive verb [ Perhaps from thrice + fallow . Confer Trifallow .] To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. [ R.] [ Written also thrifallow .] Tusser.

Thud Thud (thŭd) noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon þōden a whirlwind, violent wind, or English thump .] A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.

At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose.

Jeffrey.

At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer.

C. Mackay.

Thud Thud intransitive verb & t. To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.

Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads.

A. C. Doyle.

The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet.

H. F. Brown.

Thug Thug noun [ Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.] One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.

Thug Thug noun An assassin; a ruffian; a rough. " Thugs and midnight rounders." The Century.

Thuggee Thug·gee" noun [ Hind. ...hagī .] The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. "One of the suppressors of Thuggee ." J. D. Hooker.

Thuggery, Thuggism Thug"ger·y, Thug"gism noun Thuggee.

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