Your youth admires The throws and swellings of a Roman soul.
Addison.
6. (Mach.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating
reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel;
stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of
the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the
throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the
piston.