Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thrower"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thrower \Throw"er\, n.
One who throws. Specifically:
(a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
(b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thrower
n 1: a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or
yarn [syn: {throwster}]
2: someone who projects something through the air (especially
by a rapid motion of the arm)
3: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes
them it a kiln [syn: {potter}, {ceramicist}, {ceramist}]
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