through-going 
through-going (Hi I'o'f,'" inj.;). . |<T. lhi>rnijh- 
/.] A HcoUTiiiK; a severe reprimand or r< 
proof. Nro//. |{ol> li'.iy. \iv. |Seotc'li. ] 
through-going (thrfl'go'iag), . [Also ihrmigh- 
i/iniii : cf. tl/nr<tiii/li-f/tiiii//.~] Thorongfa-foiiig; 
active; onergetic; stirrinf;; bustling. [Scotch.] 
She seems to be a plump and jocose little woman ; gleg, 
blythu, and through-gaun for her years. 
Bladncood't Mai/., VIII. 266. 
through-handlingt, . Active management. 
Thr king . . . (but HkhniiiK anything that came before 
him) wan disciplImM t< l< ;t\t rl,i r!/,n<i:t\h\-handlin<i of all 
U) his gentle wife, Sir I*. Sidney, Arcadia, p. 177. (Dames.) 
through-lighted (thrfi'li'ted), a. Lighted by 
windows or other openings placed on opposite 
sides. 
Not only rooms windowed on both ends, called through- 
lighted, but with two or more windows on the same side, 
are eni'iuit'H (<> thin art. 
Sir II. WnttHH, Elements of Architecture. 
throughlyt (tlirii'li), mlr. [ME. throughely ; < 
tfiroi//|i + -/i/2. Cf. thoroughly.'] 1. Complete- 
ly; wholly; thoroughly. 
"Thcrfore." quod she, " I prae yow felthfully 
That ye will do the pleasure that ye may 
Onto my sone, and teehe hym throughely 
That att longith to hym to do or saye." 
Generydes (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 346. 
The night, throughly spent In these mixed matters, was 
for that time banished the face of the earth. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, v. 
It hath deserved it 
Throughly and throuyhly. 
/.'. ./.,/;, Volpone, 1. 1. 
2. Without reserve ; thoroughly ; carefully ; 
earnestly. 
I cannot give you over thus ; I most earnestly implore 
you that you would not deferre to consider yourselfe 
throuyhly. X. Ward, Simple Cooler, p. 66. 
Truly and throuyhly to live up to the principles of their 
religion. TiUotton. 
through-mortise (thrS'mor'tis), n. Amortise 
which passes entirely through the timber in 
which it is made. 
throughout (thr8-out'), a<1r. and prep. [< 
through^ + out. Cf. thoroughout."] I. adv. Ev- 
erywhere; in every part; in all respects. 
His youth and age, 
All of a piece throughout, and all divine. Dryden. 
His conduct throughout was equally defective in prin- 
ciple and In sound policy. frescott, Ferd. and Isa., II. 1. 
II. prep. Quite through ; from oue end or 
side of to the other ; in every part of. 
There is not that thing in the world of more grave and 
urgent importance throughout the whole life of man, then 
is discipline. Milton, Church-Government, i. 1. 
Meer. The thing is for recovery of drowned land. . . . 
Kng. Thoroughout England. 
/;. Jorunn, Devil is an Ass, ii. 1. 
The conflict lasted throughout the night, with carnage 
on both sides. Irving, Granada, p. 60. 
thtOUghoutlyt (thro-out'li), adv. [< ME. 
* throughoutly , tliroughtli/ ; < throughout + -fy 2 .] 
Throughout ; completely. 
And so huge a stroke geuyng hym was tho, 
That quite clene the arme share off throughtly. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.X 1. 3075. 
If this first worke bee throughly and throughoutly dls 
patched, as I hope it Is, the great Remora is removed. 
K. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 36. 
through-pacedt (thrS'past), a. Thorough- 
paced. 
through-stitcht (thrS'stich), adv. [Also thor- 
ough-stitch,] To completion ; to the very end. 
He that threads his needle with the sharp eyes of In- 
dustry shall in time go through-stitch with the new suit of 
preferment. Ford, Ferkln Warbeck, ii. 3. 
The taylers hell, who indeed are accounted the best 
bread men in the ship, and such as goe through stitch 
with what they take in hand. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). (Rare*.) 
through-Stone (thro'ston), . [< through^ + 
stone.] In arch., a bonder or bond-stone ; a 
stone placed across the breadth of a wall, so 
that one end appears in each face of the wall, 
as distinguished from a stone of which the 
greatest length is placed in the direction of 
the course of the wall; a perpend. Also tlior- 
i iii. he is not stirring yet, malr than he were a through- 
ftane ! Scott, Monastery, Int. Ep. 
throughtlyt, mlr. Same as throughout. 
throupet, Same as thrope. 
throve (tlirov). Preterit of thrirr. 
throw 1 (thro), i-.; pret. ihrcir, pp. throirn, ppr. 
throwing. [Sc. also thrtur: < ME. tlirinnn. 
llirtnrrn (pret. threw, pp. thrmei-n, thrnieen), < 
AS. thrdicttn (pret. tlinoic, pp. tlirinreii), turn. 
twist, = 1 1. ilniniji n = MLG. ilri'ii-n, ilreiqea, 
LG. (Iniien, ilri'im. turn (in a hit he), = OHG. 
drtihiin, tlnijan, MIKi. <lr;rjin, ilnrn, (i. 
6315 
= Sw. tlriju = Dan. dn-jr = (loth. "thrniiiH (not 
recorded), turn, llenee tilt, thread.] I. trim*. 
1. To turn; twist; sperilieally, to form into 
threads by twisting two or more filaments to 
gether, or by twisting two or more singles to- 
gether in a direction contrary to the twist of 
the singles themselves: as, to<Aroicsilk: some- 
times applied in a wide sense to the whole se- 
ries of operations by which silk is prepared for 
the weaver. 
The art of spinning and throwing silk had been Intro, 
duced (Into England in 1466] by a company of silk women, 
of what country Is not known. A. Barlow, Weaving, p. 18. 
2. To shape on a potters' wheel. The mass of 
clay revolves under the hands of the potter, who glres It 
the desired form. See thrown wan, under thrown. 
3f. To fashion by turning on a lathe; turn. 
4. To cast; heave; pitch; toss; fling: literally 
or figuratively: as, to throw a stone at a bird. 
Sothely the boot In the mydll see was throu-en with 
waiwis, forsothe the wynd was contrarie. 
Wydtf, Mat. xlv. 24. 
Throw physic to the dogs ; 111 none of it. 
Shak., Macbeth, v. 3. 47. 
This day was the sayd Anthonie Oelber sowed IP. a 
Chauina filled with stones, and thnncen into the sea. 
llaMuyt* Voyage*, II. 110. 
Scurrility ! That is he that throweth scandals 
Soweth and throweth scandals, as 'twere dirt, 
Even in the face of holiness and devotion. 
Randolph, Muses' lxx>king Glass, IT. 6. 
The contempt he throw* upon them in another passage 
Is yet more remarkable. Steele, Tatler, No. 136. 
5. To cast with sudden force or violence; im- 
pel violently; hurl; dash: as, the shock threw 
the wall down. 
Wbat tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore at 
Windsor? Shot., M. W. of W., ii. 1. 66. 
Each sudden passion throws me where It lists, 
And overwhelms all that oppose my ill 
Beau, and Ft.. King and No King, iv. 4. 
6. To fling; floor; give a fall to, as in wrest- 
ling; unhorse, as in justing. 
Charles In a moment threw him, and broke three of his 
ribs. Shak., As you Like it, i. >. 135. 
7. To unseat and bring to the ground. 
If a nag Is to throw me, I say, let him have some blood. 
George Eliot, Felix Holt, xx. 
8. To cast; shed. 
There the snake thrmn her enamell'd skin. 
SAo*., M.N. D..U.1. 256. 
9. To spread or put on carelessly or hurriedly : 
as, to throw a shawl over one's shoulders. 
I have seen her . . . throw her nightgown upon her. 
nil n k.. Macbeth, T. 1. ;,. 
10. To advance or place quickly, as by some 
rapid movement. 
It would not be possible for Pemberton to attack me 
with all his troops at one place, and I determined to throw 
my army between his and fight him in detail. 
U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, I. 496. 
11. To bring forth; produce, as young; bear; 
cast : said especially of rabbits. 
When a pure race of white or black pigeons throws a 
slaty-blue bird . . . we are quite unable to assign any 
proximate cause. Darwin. 
Mares that have done much hard work are not the best 
dams that can be selected, as they are apt to slip their 
foals, or to throw undersized ones. Encyc. Brit., XII. 188. 
12. To make a cast with, as dice ; play with, as 
dice; make (a cast of dice). 
Set less than thou throwett. Shak., Lear, 1. 4. 136. 
That great day of expense, In which a man is to throw 
his last cast for an eternity of toys or sorrows. 
Jar. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 533. 
13. In card-playing, to lay upon the table; 
play, as a card. 14. To turn; direct; cast: 
as, to throw one's eyes to the ground. 
Lo, what befel ! he threw his eye aside. 
Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3. 103. 
15. To sell, as a race or game; allow another 
to win unnecessarily or in accordance with 
previous agreement. Throw up, In printing, a di- 
rection to enlarge the size of a line of displayed type. To 
throw across, to construct across : as, to throw a bridge 
across a river. To throw a levantt. See levants. To 
throw a sop to Cerberus. See top. To throw away. 
(a) To cast from one's hand : put suddenly out of one's 
hold or possession. 
The Duke took out the Knife, and threw It away. 
Bowell, Letters, I. v. 7. 
(b) To part with without compensation ; give or spend 
recklessly ; squander ; lose by negligence or folly ; waste. 
Dilator)' fortune plays the jilt 
With the brave, noble, honest, gallant man, 
To iliro/r herself mruij on fools and knaves. 
Otway, The Orphan, i. 1. 
She tlirt'if airay her money upon roaring bullies, that 
went iiliout the streets. Arbuthnot, Hist. John Bull. 
It is bare justice to ('live to say that, proud and over- 
bfaritiK as he was, kindness was never thrown away upon 
him. llacaulay, Lord Olive. 
throw 
(e) To reject; refuse; loseliy imlitltn m< or neglect: as, 
to throw away a good otter. To throw back, (a) To 
reflect, as light, etc. (ti) To reject; ri-Ilise. (e) To cast 
back, as a slur or an Insinuation. -To throw by, to cast 
or lay aside as useless ; discard. 
It can but shew 
Like one of Juno's disguises ; and 
When things succeed be thrown by, or let fall. 
11. Jonson. (Johnson.) 
To throw cold water on. 8eo cold. To throw down. 
(a) To cast to the ground or other lower position : as, the 
men threw down their tools. See to throw down the gaunt- 
let, under gauntlet^. 
That with which K. Richard was charged, beside the 
Wrong done to Leopold In throwing down his Colours at 
Ptolcmals, was the Death of Conrad t- Ituke of Tyre. 
Baker, I h runic les, p. 64. 
(b) To bring from an erect or exalted to a prostrate posi- 
tion or condition ; hence, to overturn ; subvert ; demolish ; 
destroy. 
Must one rash word, the Infirmity of age, 
Throw down the merit of my better yean? 
Additm, Cato, II. 6. 
In January 1740 they had three great shocks of an 
earthquake immediately after one another, which threw 
down some mosques ana several houses. 
I'ocoeke, Description of the East, 1. 195. 
To throw dust In one's eyes. See dwti.-To throw 
In. (a) To cast or place within ; Insert ; inject, as a fluid. 
(b) To put In or deposit along with another or others : as, 
he h lAroiCTi in his fortune with yours. 
We cannot throw in our lot with revolutionaries and 
with those who are guilty of treason to the Constitution 
and to the Empire. Edinburgh Rev., CLXV. SOS. 
(r) To Interpolate : as, he threw in a word now and then. 
/ > To add without reckoning, or as If to complete or effect 
a bargain or sale : as, I will Ilirou- in this book if you buy 
the lot. To throw into shape, to give form or arrange- 
ment to. 
It would be well to thruie bis notes and materials into 
some ihape. Englith Qildi (E. E. T. S.\ Int., p. xii. 
To throw Into the bargain. Same as to throw in (d). 
- To throw light on, to make clear or Intelligible. 
Lady Sarah Cowper has left a memorandum respecting 
her father, Lord Cowper, which thrown light on this sub- 
ject. 
./. Athton, Social Life in Beign of Queen Anne, IL 141. 
To throw off. (a) To cast off, away, or aside ; divest one's 
self of hurriedly or carelessly ; abandon the use of ; free 
one's self of, as an impediment ; get rid of. as a disease : 
as, to throw of one's clothes ; to throw off all disguise ; to 
throw of cold or a fever. 
The free spirit of mankind at length 
Throwt its last fetters of. Bryant. The Ages. 
An eschar was formed, which was soon thrtnm of, leav- 
ing a healthy granulating surface. 
J. M. Carnochan, Operative Surgery, p. 40. 
(i) To discard ; dismiss : as, to throw of an acquaintance 
or a dependent, (e) To do or say in a rapid olThand man- 
ner : as, to throw of a poem. [Colloq.) 
Often Addlson's most brilliant efforts are built upon a 
chance hint thrown off&i random by Steele s hurrying pen. 
J . Dob/ton, Int. to Steele, p. xxx, 
To throw on. to put on or don hastily or carelessly : as, 
he ti, r,n- on his cloak. To throw one's self down, to 
lie down. To throw one's self Into, to engage heartily, 
earnestly, or vigorously in : as, he threw himself into the 
contest, and did good service. To throw one's self on 
or upon, to cast one's faith or confidence upon ; trust or 
resign one's self to, as for favor or protection ; repose 
upon : as, to throw one's K(f on the mercy of the court. 
In time of temptation be not busy to dispute, Imt . . . 
throw yourtelf upon God. Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iv. 1. 
TO throw open, (a) To open suddenly or widely. 
" Who knocks ? " cried Goodman Ganrfn. 
The door was open thrown. 
Whitrier, Mary Garvin. 
(6) To give free or unrestricted access to ; remove all 
barriers, obstacles, or restrictions from : as, the appoint- 
ment was tliri'irn open to public competition. To throw 
open the door to. See door. -To throw out (a) To 
cast out ; expel ; reject or discard. 
Admit that Monarchy of Itself may be convenient to 
som Nations ; yet to us who have thrown it "tit, recefv'd 
back again. It cannot but prove pernicious. 
MUton, Free Commonwealth. 
(6) To cause to project, or to become prominent; build 
out : as, to throw out a pier or landing-stage, or a wing of 
a building, (e) To emit : as, that lamp throws out a bright 
light, (d) To give utterance to ; insinuate : as, to throw 
out a hint, 
I have thrmrn out words 
That would have fetch'd warm blood upon the cheeks 
Of guilty men, and he is never mov'd. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, Iv. 2. 
(e) To put off the right track ; confuse ; embarrass : as, 
interruption throws one out. (/) To leave behind ; dis- 
tance : as, a horse thrown completely out of the race, (g) 
To reject ; exclude : as, the bill was throirn out on the 
second reading. (A) In tainting, to reject or throw aside, 
as printed sheets that are imperfect (i) In baseball, to 
put out, as a base-runner, by a ball fielded to one of the 
players on or near a base, (j) In cricket, to pat out (a 
batsman) when he is out of his ground by a fielder hitting 
the wicket. To throw over, to desert; abandon; neg- 
lect (Colloq.) 
They say the Rads are going to throw us ortr. 
Disraeli, Coningsby. 
Saddled with a vast number of engagements, any of 
which (and this made him none the less popular) he was 
ready to throw ow at a moment's notice. 
Whale Meltille, White Rose, II. xl 
