upthrow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    upthrust; uplift; upheaval.

WordNet


Up*throw" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To throw up. Drayton.
Up"throw` noun
Definitions
  1. (Mining) See Throw, n., 9.

Webster 1913