Throw

n.
  1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
  2. A stroke; a blow.
  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.
  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.
  9. (Mining) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.