jaculationn.
/dʒakjʊˈleɪʃən/ rare.
The action of darting, hurling, or throwing; a hurl, a throw.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun]
warpinga1150
throwinga1325
casting1557
whirling1579
jaculation1608
tossing1711
1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 20 It was well and strongly strung with 36 barrels of gunpowder..for the more uiolent iaculation, uibration, and speed of the arrows.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 665 Hills..encounterd Hills Hurl'd to and fro with jaculation dire. View more context for this quotation
1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 543/1 As far as one could cast a lance, at one or three successive jaculations.
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