Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THROW, n.

1. The act of hurling or flinging; a cast; a driving or propelling from the hand or from an engine. He heav'd a stone, and rising to the throw, / He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe. Addison.
2. A cast of dice; and the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw. None but a fool hazards all upon one throw.
3. The distance which a missile is or may be thrown; as, a stone's throw.
4. A stroke; a blow. Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws. Spenser.
5. Effort; violent sally. Your youth admires / The throws and swellings of a Roman soul. Addison.
6. The agony of travail. [See Throe.]
7. A turner's lathe. [Local.]