upthrow
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For the next half-mile, the river keeps to the upthrow side of the fault, the scarp of which blocks the tributary streams from the west, forming a number of small pools.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles
Out, traitor!" cried the girl with a quick, scornful upthrow of the chin, "it is the smile that saves you, Louis, lad.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The other side of the semicircle was occupied by the upthrow of a low rise blocking off an horizon at its nearest point but a few hundred yards away.
From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward
Thrust faults hade to the upthrow; the hanging wall has gone up.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
In Figure 184 the right side has gone down relatively to the left; the right is the side of the downthrow, while the left is the side of the upthrow.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
Then, the vast volcano burst; rent the whole mass; upthrew the ancient rocks; which now in divers mountain tops tell tales of what existed ere Mardi was completely fashioned.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
Then, quick The sash upthrowing, she made as if to speak Harshly; but still he held his quiet eyes Upon her.
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons
This a modern example of a Gilbert-type delta, which is a delta composed primarily of coarse material actively eroded from the mountainous upthrown block to the north.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Upon which gallant speech the entire air became darkened by clouds of upthrown hats and shouts of "Bravo, Bindabun!"
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho
"I—I—that is—yes, I saw him last night," she replied, with flaming cheeks and upthrown chin.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
Claflin poured through the right of the line, the ball bounded back from some upthrown arm and went dancing along the field.
From Left Guard Gilbert by Caswell, Edward C.
"Didn't give away any reason for asking, I hope, Miss Duggan?" put in Cleek at this juncture, with an arching of the brows and a keen look into her upthrown face.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
