1867 Ure Dict. Arts, etc. II. 783A carrier, which is made to advance and recede alternately by means of a *throw-crank.
1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 28/6 ( Advt. ),*Throw cushions, chests, dressers.
1877 Knight Dict. Mech. ,*Throw-lathe, a small lathe which is driven by one hand, while the tool is managed by the other.
1904 Brit. &Col. Printer 10 Mar. 14/3An intermediate adjustable or variable *throw lever.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 19 Sept. 10/2One day when he was fishing off the rocks with *throw-lines.
1881 Gregor Folk-Lore N.-E.Scotl. 127The field mouse, called ‘the *thraw mouse’, running over the foot of a person, was supposed to produce paralysis in the foot.
1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Mar. (Home & ClassroomSuppl. ) p. ii (caption),The photograph shows the different kinds of ‘nets’ used. On the left is the *throw-net.
1979 Field 9 May 975/4 For smaller fish the locals used circular throw-nets some eight feet in diameter.
1974 Progress (Easley, S. Carolina) 24 Apr. iii. 5/2 ( Advt. ),Decorator *throw pillows.
1952 Better Homes & Gardens Feb. 173/1 How to vacuum your *throw rugs.
1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xi. 132She leaned forward on the hassock, picking at an imaginary piece of lint on the throw rug beneath his feet.
1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 18 Apr. (Kmart Advts. Suppl. ) 8Tailored, *throw-style bedspread, elegantly puff-quilted to the floor.
1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 37/4 ( Advt. ),Quilted *throw type bedspreads.
1969 Sci. Amer. Aug. 19/2Parity..is clearly not numerical equality in the number of warheads or in the number of megatons or in the total ‘*throw weight’.
1982 Times 10 May 22/1 The second stage would seek to achieve equal ceilings on ballistic missile ‘throw weight’ at less than current American levels. ‘Throw weight’ is the term used to describe the weight of the warheads which missiles can carry onto a target.
1982 H. Kissinger Years of Upheaval vii. 264The Soviets were ahead in numbers of land-based missiles and throwweight.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. (1886) 304Throw, a clockmakers' ‘dead centre’ lathe... A gut connects the large *throw wheel with a small pulley rotating freely on the lathe centre.
1896 E. Turner Little Larrikin xxvi. 321Lol was..projecting jumping Jacks and *throwdowns on the floor, and keeping the cook..on the table.
1903 Architect 24 Apr. Suppl. 27/1Any delay on the work is ‘a throw-down for the boss’.
1948 D. W. Ballantyne Cunninghams xiv. 75Kids were exploding throw-downs on the footpaths.
1864 Baily's Mag. July 173What a recreation!—wherein..the hands, dropping for a while the pen.., can..deliver a ‘*throw-in’ decisive of all argument.
1891 . [ see goal-kicks.v. goaln. 6]
1898 J. Goodall Assoc. Football 61The object of the Association was to make the throw-in from touch a superficial benefit.
1898 T. B. Drybrough Polo xi. 245Players should leave room for the ball to pass between them. In case of overlapping, the umpire may delay throwing-in or recall the throw, and he may recall a faulty throw-in.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 12/2This umpire seems..somewhat ignorant of the throw-in rule.
1935 . [ see exitn. 2 b]
1937 Times 12 July 5/2 Captain Robinson got away from the throw-in but broke his stick.
1940 Sun (Baltimore) 13 May 13 (caption) Dolph Camilli..slides safely into third..after a throw-in from outfielder Chuck Klein.
1952 Ibid. 2 Oct. 20/1The Yankees might have had a big inning on the way since Martin had taken second on the throw-in.
1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement x. 108He settled down with Reese on Play, to study the tactics of the Throw-in.
1964 Official Encycl. Bridge 619/1In a throw-in play, an opponent gains the lead, but it costs him a trick (or more) to do so.
1977 Navy News Sept. 38/4 (caption) All eyes on the ball at a throw-in during the Rundle Cup polo match between the Navy and Army at Tidworth.
1845 Rules Footb. Rugby School §4 A Knock on, as distinguished from a *throw on, consists in striking the ball on with the arm or hand.
1894 Blackw. Mag. Sept. 426/2Catching these little fish by means of what are known locally as ‘*throw out’ lines.
1901 Law Rep. 2 K.B.Div. 698Small lots of timber called in the trade ‘throw-outs’.
1907 Daily Chron. 9 Apr. 8/4A patch of narcissus which nobody takes the trouble to gather. They are the ‘throw-outs’ from the fields.
1911 Daily Graphic 16 Jan. 20/3 ‘Witney Blanket Rugs’: Manufacturers' Throw Outs.
1928 Weekly Dispatch 24 June 20/5 That ‘throw-out’ which has to be executed so quickly at cover-point.
1953 Vocab. Bibliothec. (Unesco) 190/1Throw out (for maps, illus., etc.).
1966 New Statesman 18 Mar. 393/1 ( Advt. ),Illustrated and with 4 coloured throwout maps.
1969 Catal. Austral. ,N.Z. , & Pacific (O.U.P., Melbourne) 16,20 half-tone plates, 2 maps, end-paper map, 1 coloured throw out.
1970 K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook v. 46/2 (caption)Diagrammatic view of clutch throwout mechanism.
1976 Gloss. Documentation Terms (B.S.I.) 68Throw-out, a leaf, usually bearing illustrative material, bound in at one edge and designed to fit the book when folded.
1979 P. Wallage Restoration of Post-War Cars 6Clutch release bearing, throwout bearing.
1832 Examiner 508/1 He answered with a bold front and an important *throw up of his head.
1982 Washington Post 25 July c1/2 More than 30,000 people gathered to shake their bodies to the music of some of the top soul and funk bands in the country. Yesterday's daylong concert, the ‘ D.C. Throwdown’, was blessed with clear skies and easy breezes.
1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Jan. b4 A basketball court showdown (or ‘a serious throwdown’) between the Cold Crush Four and Fantastic Five (actually, there are six in each group).
1993 Guardian 2 Oct. (Weekend Suppl. ) 33/3There, in a sunken netball court across from a burnt-out car, ‘graff’ teams from all over London met for Unity 2—the second year of a peace-themed, competitive ‘throwdown’. The walls are now covered in image, the court filled with empty spraycans.
2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. x. 165It would be the throwdown of the summer of '77 though it was still just the start of July: Grandmaster DJ Flowers is coming with his crew from Flatbush to spin discs in the schoolyard.
ORIGIN: from throw noun 2 or verb.