throw(2) (iou) and Djibouti (sh)

throw(2) (iou)

throw noun2. . ME.
[from THROW verb.]
I.
The distance to which anything is or may be thrown. Freq. with specifying word, as stone's throw. ME.
R. Frame There they were, a stone's throw away from her.
An act of throwing a missile etc.; a forcible propulsion or delivery from or as from the hand or arm. M16.
E. Allen A bouncing ball is difficult to handle.., so it is best to let the throw continue.
spec.
a. An act of throwing a net, fishing-line, etc. M16.
b. An act of throwing a die or dice; the number thrown. M16.
c. Wrestling. The felling or throwing down of an opponent. E19.
d. Cricket. An illegitimate delivery considered to have been thrown rather than properly bowled. M19.
e. A felling of timber; the direction in which a tree is caused to fall. L19.
Geology & Mining. A dislocation in a vein or stratum in which the part on one side of the fracture is displaced up or down; a fault. Also, the amount of such vertical displacement. L18.
A light rug or piece of decorative fabric used as a casual covering for furniture. Also, a shawl, a stole. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
B. T. Bradford Chairs..had their arms draped with fluffy mohair throws from Scotland.
An item, or a turn or attempt at something, for which a fee is usu. charged. colloq. L19.
C. Hope Knocking back pretty cocktails at a couple of quid a throw.
II.
An act of twisting or turning; the fact or condition of being twisted; a turn, a twist; a wrench. Scot. E16.
b. fig. A perverse twist of temper or ill humour. Scot. L18.
A machine or device by or on which an object is turned while being shaped. M17.
Mechanics. The action or motion of a slide-valve, or of a crank, eccentric wheel, or cam; the extent of this motion measured on a straight line passing through the centre of motion; the extent through which a switch or lever may be moved. Also, a crank-arm, a crank. E19.
b. Electricity. The sudden deflection of the needle in an instrument, esp. a galvanometer. L19.

Djibouti (sh)

officially Republic of Djibouti formerly (1885-1967) French Somaliland (1967-77) French Territory of the Afars and Issas

Country, eastern Africa, on the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea.

Area: 8,880 sq mi (22,999 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 473,000. Capital: Djibouti. Over half of the people are Issas and related Somali clans; Afars are nearly two-fifths; the balance includes Yemeni Arabs and Europeans, mostly French. Languages: French, Arabic (both official). Religion: Sunnite Islam. Currency: Djibouti franc. Djibouti is divided into three principal regions: the coastal plain; the volcanic plateaus in the country's south and centre; and the mountain ranges in the north, reaching 6,654 ft (2,028 m) at Mount Mousa. The land is primarily desert
hot, dry, and desolate. Less than 1% is arable. Djibouti has a developing market economy that is based almost entirely on trade and commercial Services, centring on Djibouti city. The country is a republic with one legislative house; its head of state and government is the president. Settled §ã 3rd century BC by the Arab ancestors of the Afars, it was later populated by Somali Issas. In AD 825 Islam was brought to the area by missionaries. Arabs controlled the trade in this region until the 16th century; it became the French protectorate of French Somaliland in 1888. In 1946 it became a French overseas territory and in 1977 gained its independence. In the late 20th century it received refugees from the Ethiopian-Somali war and from civil conflicts in Eritrea. From the 1990s the country suffered from political unrest.

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