ˈthrow-stick
[f. throw v.1 + stick n.]
a. A heavy, usually curved, piece of wood used as a missile; an ancient kind of boomerang. b. A stick with which a spear or dart is thrown: = throwing-stick a.
| 1837 Wilkinson Mann. & Cust. Anc. Egypt. viii. III. 38 The use of the throw-stick was very general. 1857 ― Egypt. in Time Pharaohs 80 Birds were felled with the throwstick, a weapon of hard wood,..slightly curved..like the boomarang. 1869 Boutell Arms & Arm. vi. (1874) 84 When the dart is discharged, the wummera, or throw-stick,..remains in the warrior's hand. c 1875 H. B. Tristram in Queen's Printers' Bible-Aids 57 In 1 Sam. xxvi. 20 allusion is made to chasing partridges on the hills with throw-sticks. |