n. [ OE. throte, AS. þrote, þrotu; 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. [ 1913 Webster ] I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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