英语词汇“throw-stick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	throw-stick
释义	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. 1837Wilkinson 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.1869Boutell Arms & Arm. vi. (1874) 84 When the dart is discharged, the wummera, or throw-stick,..remains in the warrior's hand.c1875H. 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.
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