offthrow

The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation

Noun

  1. The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation
    • The theory of a rise of a dome of strata from beneath the sea and the offthrow of the waters on all sides from that dome, their escape through lateral fractures in the upheaved chalk, together with a slow wearing back...
    • Improbable, therefore, it is that the offthrow of the Ottoman yoke by the former, will not be followed by the offthrow of the German and Russian yokes by the latter, Nationalities. - 1879, John S. Stuart-Glennie, Europe...
    • A general ferment, in fact, far different from the anarchy and barbaric invasions, was set up over Europe by these vast offthrows of activity by the French nobles, who thereby unconsciously made amends for the temporary...
  2. That which is thrown off (i.e. discarded, ejected, or emitted)
    • […] comparatively speaking, few are convinced of, or perhaps acquainted with the fact, that not only do the bed-clothes intercept and retain a large proportion of this offthrow, but that it penetrates both beds and...
    • In this latter or northern offthrow, nearly the whole of Peeblesshire consists, and the general dip or inclination of its rocks is accordingly northerly, or more strictly, towards north-north-west. - 1864, William...
    • These are the sports, the offthrows, of the universe instead of the species; these are the weird children of the lust of the spheres. - 2002, Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao, page 50:

Origin

From off- + throw.

Forms

offthrows off-throw

Verb

  1. To throw or cast off (all senses)
    • Thorns of the flesh in childhood man offthrows, Or passions such in headlong youth he knows; […] - 1858, John Ashford, London; Past, Present and Future, page 9:
    • "[…] I stand a scarecrow in this land That offthrew the yoke of autocracy." - 1933, Corliss Lamont, Margaret Lamont, Russia Day by Day: A Travel Diary, volume 20, page 35:

Forms

offthrows offthrowing offthrew offthrown off-throw