Throw-

in Comb. [THROW sb.² or stem of THROW v.¹, in comb. with sbs. or advbs., forming sbs. or adjs.]

  1.  In comb. with sbs. a. (from branch I of the sb. or vb.) throw-crank, a crank that converts rotary into reciprocating motion; throw-disk (Cent. Dict., Suppl.), throw-lever, a disk-crank or a lever having a specified or adjustable throw (sense 2); throw-lathe, a lathe driven by hand; thraw-mouse (Sc. dial.), the shrew-mouse: see quot.; throw-wheel, the driving-wheel of a throw or lathe. b. (from branch II of vb.) throw-bait, bait thrown to attract fish to a place; throw-line, a fishing-line thrown out by hand, a hand-line. See also THROW-CROOK, THROW-STICK.

1867.  Ure, Dict. Arts, etc., II. 783. A carrier, which is made to advance and recede alternately by means of a *throw-crank.

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 March, 14/3. An intermediate adjustable or variable *throw lever.

1908.  Westm. Gaz., 19 Sept., 10/2. One day when he was fishing off the rocks with *throw-lines.

1881.  Gregor, Folk-Lore N.-E. Scotl., 127. The field mouse, called ‘the *thraw mouse,’ running over the foot of a person, was supposed to produce paralysis in the foot.

1884.  F. J. Britten, Watch & Clockm. (1886), 304. Throw, a clockmakers’ ‘dead centre’ lathe…. A gut connects the large *throw wheel with a small pulley rotating freely on the lathe centre.

  2.  In comb. with adverbs, forming sbs. expressing the action of the corresponding verbal phrases (see THROW v.¹ VI.); as throw-in, -up (an act of throwing in or up); throw-away, a printed sheet or work not intended for preservation after it has been read; also attrib.; throw-down, a fall, as in wrestling; a come-down; a defeat (slang); throw-in, in Football, an act of throwing the ball into play again after it has crossed one of the touch-lines; in Cricket, an act of throwing in the ball from the field to the wicket-keeper or bowler; throw-on, an act of throwing onwards or forwards; spec. in Rugby football: see quot.; throw-out, an act of throwing out, or a thing thrown out; anything discarded or rejected; also attrib. See also THROW-BACK, -OFF, -OVER.

1903.  Westm. Gaz., 7 Oct., 12/2. Every now and then a little blue square of printed paper fluttered in the breeze. No one seemed to connect these little *‘throw-aways’ with the venerable figure on the front seat.

1905.  Daily Chron., 20 Feb., 4/6. This present rag of a throwaway that you can get for a halfpenny.

1905.  Westm. Gaz., 31 July, 10/2. Lord Alverstone … vigorously denounced the ‘sixpenny throw-away rubbish.’

1903.  Architect, 24 April, Suppl. 27/1. Any delay on the work is ‘a *throw-down for the boss.’

1898.  J. Goodall, Assoc. Football, 61. The object of the Association was to make the *throw-in from touch a superficial benefit.

1909.  Westm. Gaz., 8 Feb., 12/2. This umpire seems … somewhat ignorant of the throw-in rule.

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., 426/2. Catching these little fish by means of what are known locally as *‘throw out’ lines.

1901.  Law Rep., 2 K. B. Div. 698. Small lots of timber called in the trade ‘throw-outs.’

1907.  Daily Chron., 9 April, 8/4. A 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.

1832.  Examiner, 50B/1. He answered with a bold front and an important *throw up of his head.