Upthrow

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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