offthrow noun 2verb 1forms 4 noun2 •The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberationImprobable, therefore, it is that the offthrow of the Ottoman yoke by the former, will not be followed by the offthrow of the German and Russian yokes by the latter, Nationalities. — 1879 •That which is thrown off (i.e. discarded, ejected, or emitted)In this latter or northern offthrow, nearly the whole of Peeblesshire consists, and the general dip or inclination of its rocks is accordingly northerly, or more strictly, towards north-north-west. — 1864 verb1 •To throw or cast off (all senses)Thorns of the flesh in childhood man offthrows, Or passions such in headlong youth he knows; […] — 1858 formsoffthrew · offthrown · offthrowing · offthrows