Throw"er (?), n. One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or
twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing
engine.
Throw"ing, a. & n. from Throw, v.
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.
Thrown (?), a. & p. p. from Throw, v.
Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted
together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the
singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. — Thrown
singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first
into singles, two or more of which are twisted together making dumb
singles, and several of these twisted together to make thrown singles.