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The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
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- He was an ugly headed monster with a savagely hooked Roman nose and small, keen eyes, always red at the corners. - "Riders of the Silences", Max Brand.
- It rose to the surface crying to be hooked, and I spared him twice or thrice, because he had a sort of holy sentiment I respected, that none but Mr. Whitford ought to be his father confessor." - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
- The ears when visible through the dangling hair, were seen to hold enormous rings of bone, while the nose hooked over and dipped in a fashion that showed that the organ had at some time held a pendant in the way of an ornament. - "The Lost Trail", Edward S. Ellis.