upthrow

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upthrow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Upthrow \Up*throw"\, v. t.
     To throw up. --Drayton.
     [1913 Webster]

  Upthrow \Up"throw`\, n. (Mining)
     See Throw, n., 9.
     [1913 Webster]

upthrow - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  upthrow
      n 1: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the
           process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift,
           upthrow, upthrust]