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thrown, ppl. a.|θrəʊn|
[Pa. pple. of throw v.1, where see Forms. See also special Scotch senses under thrawn.]
I.
1. a. Turned on a lathe, as woodwork. Now dial. b. Shaped on the potter's wheel. Cf. throw v.1 6 a.
1483Cath. Angl. 385/1 Thrawen (A. Thrawne), tornalis. 1495Nottingham Rec. III. 40 Unam cathedram vocatam ‘a throwen' cheyer’. 1535Coverdale 2 Chron. iii. 5 He..ouerlayed it with the best golde, and made palme trees and throwne worke theron. 1600Acc. Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 279 A throwne chaire. 1853Ure Dict. Arts II. 455 When the ‘thrown ware’ is sufficiently dry, it is transferred to the hands of the ‘turner’. 1883W. Yorks. Gloss., Thrown, turned in a lathe (as bed-posts, &c.).
2. a. Of silk: Twisted into thread.
thrown silk: silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together: = organzine. thrown singles: silk thread consisting of a single strand of raw silk which has been cleaned, wound, and twisted: see quot. 1877 s.v. throw v.1 6 b. Also (in trade) absol. as n.
1463–4Rolls of Parlt. V. 506/1 Wrought Silke, throwen Rybans and Laces. 1483[see throw v.1 6 b]. 1690Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 45 An act for discouraging the importation of thrown silk. 1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4523/4 Some Piemond Thrown Silk..saved out of an Italian Ship. 1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 87 Oil, Wine, Thrown and Raw-silk, Wrought Silks. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 214 Raw Silk has only one thread: the thrown Silk is distinguished from it by having two threads. 1844G. Dodd Textile Manuf. vi. 184 Thrown singles, is silk which has been wound, cleaned, and thrown. 1883Times 16 May 11 In silk..Chinas have suffered from the reduced consumption of throwns. 1906Sat. Rev. 13 Jan. 38/2 They buy their silk in the spun or thrown state.
†b. Twisted; in a state of torsion. Obs.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. World Contents, Open'd by the stirring of a watch, of thrown bodies, the springiness of an egge.
II.
3. Cast, pitched, hurled; unseated from a horse.
1833H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 18 The horse galloping away, and the thrown young lady lying on the ground. 1888Ruskin in Mag. Art Jan. 75/1 To put them together out of chance-thrown heaps.
4. With adverbs, as thrown-away, thrown-back, thrown-down, thrown-on, thrown-over, thrown-together, thrown-up, expressing the completed action of the corresponding verbal phrases (see throw v.1 VI).
1778‘J. H. St. John de Crèvecœur’ Sk. 18th-Cent. Amer. (1925) 323 Your neighbours won't thank you for this thrownaway humanity. 1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxv. 484 The frowning brow, the thrown-back shoulders, and clenched fists of rage. 1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 146 They sat..on the mound made of the thrown-up earth from the burrows. 1901Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 2/2 The thrown-back front and sleeve both gave glimpses of their lining. 1903Ibid. 8 Jan. 3/2 Some such thrown-on kind of wrap can be added for coming and going. Ibid. 4 June 5/2 One fire was caused by a thrown-down light. 1934Thrown-together [see red-hot a. (and n.) 4]. 1973J. Leasor Host of Extras v. 69 The beach was littered with..thrown-away cigarette packets. |