Excretory: alternatives and connections

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or for…

The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.

A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consist…

The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally…

A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of…

A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a…

To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.