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Throwing

Throw′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Throw
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Verb.
Throwing engine
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Throwing mill
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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.

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throwing

throwing

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Verb

throwing

  1. present participle of throw

Noun

throwing ‎(plural throwings)

  1. The act by which something is thrown.
    • 1909, Booth Tarkington, Beasley's Christmas Party
      […] it looked like a house where they played charades, where there would be long streamers of evergreen and dozens of wreaths of holly at Christmas-time, where there were tearful, happy weddings and great throwings of rice after little brides […]
  2. The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

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