† throwst, v. Obs.
Also 7–8 throst.
[irreg. back-formation from throwster.]
trans. To throw silk; = throw v.1 6 b. So ˈthrowsting vbl. n., silk-throwing; also attrib. throwsting-machine, throwst-mill.
| 1691 W. Sewel Dutch Dict. s.v. Reeden, Zy-Reeden, to Throst silk. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 396 A representation of the throwsting-mills. Ibid. 399 The bobbins being thus filled with double or triple threads, are carried back to the throwsting-machine, and are there spun or twisted together. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. vi. 196 The processes of silk-throwing, or ‘throwsting’, may now be said to be finished. |