Category:Throat

Throat, n. Etym: [oe. throte, as. , ; akin to ohg. drozza, g. Drossel; cf. Ofries. & d. stort. Cf. Throttle.]

1. (anat.) (a) the part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral Column. (b) hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the Pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak.

2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the Throat of a pitcher or vase.

3. (arch.)

Defn: the part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the Funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt.

4. (naut.) (a) the upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) that end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) the angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. Totten.

5. (shipbuilding)

Defn: the inside of a timber knee.

6. (bot.)

Defn: the orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a Monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. Throat brails (naut.), Brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. -- throat halyards (naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the Gaff. -- throat pipe (anat.), the windpipe, or trachea. -- to give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of Lying abominably. -- to lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.

Throat Throat, v. t.

1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [obs.] Chapman.

2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [prov. Eng.]