Throwing engine

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Throwing \Throw"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Throw}, v.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Throwing engine}, {Throwing mill}, {Throwing table}, or
   {Throwing wheel} (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is
      first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass
      of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a
      vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.
      [1913 Webster]