upthrow

Meanings

Verb

To throw or cast upwards.
To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.

Noun

A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.

Origin

From Middle English upthrowen, equivalent to up- + throw.

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