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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>THROWOUT</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="throwout"> throw-out, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an act of throwing out; ejection. Ex. The land areas ... must be controlled to avoid hazard from throw-out of material, dust, air blast, and ground shock (Science News Letter). <DD> 2. a person or thing that is thrown out; discard. Ex. Ursula is reminded of what she has lost by the sight of a heap of throw-outs (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="throwpillow"> throw pillow,<DL COMPACT><DD> a light pillow, often embroidered, used on a chair, couch, or bed as a decoration or cushion. </DL> <A NAME="throwrug"> throw rug, =scatter rug.</DL> <A NAME="throwster"> throwster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who throws silk. </DL> <A NAME="throwweight"> throw weight,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the delivery power of a ballistic missile or rocket, expressed in megatons; size of a missile payload. Ex. The SS-9 and the new SS-18 have throw weights capable of launching warheads packing 25 megatons (Time). <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. There are lots of reasons for the throw weight of the rumor (Margaret Carlson). </DL> <A NAME="thru"> thru, preposition, adverb, adjective. =through.</DL> <A NAME="thrum"> thrum (1), verb, thrummed, thrumming, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to play on a stringed instrument by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, mechanical, or careless way; strum. Ex. to thrum on a guitar. <DD> 2. to sound when thrummed on, as a guitar or its strings. <DD> 3. to drum or tap idly with the fingers. Ex. to thrum on a table. <DD> 4. to speak or read monotonously; drone; mumble. Ex. Boswell ... has thrummed upon this topic till it is threadbare (Scott). <DD> 5. (Dialect.) (of a cat) to purr. <DD>v.t. 1. to play (a stringed instrument, or a tune on it) idly, mechanically, or carelessly. Ex. to thrum a guitar. <DD> 2a. to recite or tell in a monotonous way. <DD> b. to hum over (a melody). <DD>noun the sound made by thrumming. noun thrummer. </DL> <A NAME="thrum"> thrum (2), noun, verb, thrummed, thrumming.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an end of the warp thread left unwoven on the loom after the web is cut off. <DD> 2. any piece of loose thread or yarn. <DD> 3. a tuft, tassel, or fringe of threads at the edge of a piece of cloth. <DD> 4. (Scottish.) a tangle. <DD>v.t. 1. (Nautical.) to sew or fasten bunches of rope yarn over (a mat or sail) to produce a rough surface to prevent chafing or stop a leak. <DD> 2. (Obsolete or Dialect.) to furnish or adorn with thrums; cover with small tufts; make shaggy. expr. thrums, <DD> a. the row or fringe of warp threads left unwoven on the loom when the web is cut off. Ex. to cut off the thrums for use as frills. <DD> b. (Figurative.) odds and ends; scraps. Ex. It is this, which ... makes life a whole instead of a parcel of thrums bound together by an accident (John Morley). <DD> c. (Nautical.) short pieces of coarse woolen or hempen yarn. Ex. thrums used for mops. </DL> <A NAME="thrush"> thrush (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of a large group of migratory songbirds that includes the robin, the bluebird, the wood thrush, and the veery. Thrushes are usually medium-sized and have upper parts of a dull, solid color and a spotted or colored breast. <DD> 2. any one of various similar birds, such as the Louisiana water thrush. </DL> <A NAME="thrush"> thrush (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a contagious disease often attacking infants and associated with malnutrition, characterized by white specks on the inside of the mouth and throat and caused by a parasitic fungus; white mouth; infantile sore mouth. <DD> 2. a diseased condition of the horn of the central cleft of the frog in a horse's foot. </DL> <A NAME="thrust"> thrust, verb, thrust, thrusting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to push with force; shove; drive. Ex. He thrust his hands into his pockets. He thrust a chair against the door. (Figurative.) A soldier thrusts himself into danger. (Figurative.) Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. to stab; pierce. Ex. He thrust the knife into the apple. We thrust the tent pole deep into the ground. <DD> 3. to put forth; extend. Ex. The tree thrust its roots deep into the ground. <DD>v.i. 1. to push with force; make a thrust. <DD> 2. to make a stab or lunge. <DD> 3. to push or force one's way, as through a crowd, between persons, or against obstacles. Ex. The woman thrust past me into the room. <DD>noun 1. a push with force; drive. Ex. She hid the book behind the pillow with a quick thrust. (SYN) shove, punch. <DD> 2. a stab; lunge. Ex. A thrust with the pin broke the balloon. <DD> 3. a sudden, sharp attack; thrusting assault. Ex. (Figurative.) a sarcastic thrust at a prevailing foible (William Dean Howells). <DD> 4. (Mechanics.) the force of one thing pushing on another. <DD> 5. (Architecture.) the lateral force exerted, as by an arch, against an abutment or support. It must be counteracted to prevent the structure from collapsing. <DD> 6a. the push exerted by the rotation of a propeller, that causes an aircraft or ship to move. <DD> b. the force driving a rocket or a jet plane forward as a reaction to the rearward escape of gases or burning fuels through a nozzle or exhaust. Ex. Rocket engine thrust depends on the speed of the gases and particles shot out of the tail. The higher this speed, the greater the thrust provided by the exhaust gases which push the rocket in one direction while they rush away in the other (Christian Science Monitor). <DD> 7. (Geology.) <DD> a. a compressive strain in the earth's crust. <DD> b. a thrust fault. <DD> 8. (Figurative.) an object, purpose, or goal. Ex. Dr. Stanton said the practical thrust of the rules would be to create an incentive for the networks themselves (New York Times). expr. thrust out, to expel; eject. Ex. They were now, without any accusation, thrust out of their house (Macaulay). </DL> <A NAME="thrustchamber"> thrust chamber,<DL COMPACT><DD> the chamber of a rocket in which the expansion of gases produces enough thrust for take-off. </DL> <A NAME="thruster"> thruster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that thrusts or exerts thrust. <DD> 2. =thrustor. </DL> <A NAME="thrustfault"> thrust fault,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a reversed fault, produced by horizontal compression. </DL> <A NAME="thrustful"> thrustful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of thrust; forceful. Ex. Now at last there is the prospect of some thrustful competition ... in one vitally important part of the work of the airlines (New Scientist). adv. thrustfully. noun thrustfulness. </DL> <A NAME="thrustor"> thrustor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an electrical engine or similar device for producing thrust, as in a rocket or spacecraft; reaction engine. Also, thruster. </DL> <A NAME="thruststage"> thrust stage,<DL COMPACT><DD> a theatrical stage extending into the auditorium, with seats surrounding the stage on three sides. </DL> <A NAME="thruway"> thruway, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an express highway; throughway. </DL> <A NAME="thu"> Thu.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Thursday. </DL> <A NAME="thud"> thud, noun, verb, thudded, thudding.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a dull, heavy sound. Ex. The book hit the floor with a thud. <DD> 2. a heavy blow; thump. <DD>v.i., v.t. to hit, move, or strike with a thud. Ex. The heavy box fell and thudded on the floor. We didn't hear the five bullets that thudded into the wall a few feet from our heads until they arrived (Maclean's). </DL> <A NAME="thug"> thug, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a ruffian or cutthroat. Ex. One thug with a pistol struck the druggist on the head (New York Times). <DD> 2. a member of a former religious organization of robbers and murderers in India, who strangled their victims. </DL> <A NAME="thuggee"> thuggee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the system of robbery and murder practiced by the thugs of India. </DL> <A NAME="thuggery"> thuggery, noun, pl. -geries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the activities or practices of a thug or thugs. <DD> 2. =thuggee. </DL> <A NAME="thuggish"> thuggish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a thug or thugs; ruffianly; cutthroat. </DL> <A NAME="thuja"> thuja, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any coniferous evergreen tree of a group of the cypress family; arbor vitae. A common American kind yields an aromatic oil (oil of thuja) that is used in medicine. Also, thuya. </DL> <A NAME="thule"> Thule, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of the world that the ancient Greeks and Romans regarded as farthest north; some island or region north of Britain, sometimes identified as Iceland, a part of Denmark or Norway, or Mainland (largest of the Shetland Islands). </DL> <A NAME="thulia"> thulia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a greenish-white, amorphous powder, an oxide of thulium. </DL> <A NAME="thulium"> thulium, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a silver-white metallic chemical element of the yttrium group, found in gadolinite and various other minerals. It is a rare-earth element. An isotope of thulium is used as the radiating element in portable X-ray units. </DL> <A HREF="thumb.dic">NEXT</A>