Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing. In Mexico, one such device is called the atlatl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[せいへん, seihen](n) political disturbance; political change; coup d'état; coup; revolution; overthrowing of a government (e.g. Jasmine Revolution); (P)[Add to Longdo]
[わたしこみ, watashikomi](n) technique of throwing one's opponent by pushing his chest while holding his thigh (sumo); thigh-grabbing push down[Add to Longdo]
[めつぶし, metsubushi](n) (1) sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; (2) poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them[Add to Longdo]
[やろうじだい, yaroujidai](adj-na, n) throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside[Add to Longdo]
[すまき, sumaki](n) (1) wrapping something in a bamboo mat; (2) wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)[Add to Longdo]