'Throwing engine' definitions:

Definition of 'Throwing engine'

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  • Throwing \Throw"ing\, a. & n. from Throw, v. [1913 Webster]
  • 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]