n. [ Dim. of throat. See Throat. ] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Throttle lever (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. --
Throttle valve (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Throttled p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling ] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) See Flasher, 3 (b). [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]