withthrow

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A form of windthrow — The uprooting and/or overthrowing of a tree caused by the wind.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounwiththrow (countable and uncountable, plural withthrows)

plural withthrows

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of windthrow.
verbwiththrow (third-person singular simple present withthrows, present participle withthrowing, simple past withthrew, past participle withthrown)

present singular third person withthrows · participle present withthrowing · past withthrew · participle past withthrown

  1. alternativeAlternative form of windthrow ("to overturn or uproot by the wind").

    In January, 1921, the most disastrous windfall experience of the region was felt in the Olympic Peninsula where altogether over 6 billion feet of timber were withthrown.

    1921, Idaho Forester, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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    On this plot, which suffered in its first year from the severe storm of September 18, 1914, 75 trees have been lost to date : 61 windfalls, 11 insect-killed, 2 fungi-weakened and withthrown, and 1 lightning-killed.

    1920, Journal of Forestry

    [...] logging (including slash damage) occurs in the 2 foot to 5 foot height classes, which are the very ones which are large enough to maintain themselves against hardwood sprouts, and arc too short to be withthrown.

    1928, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting

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