| n. | 1. | (Anat.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. | (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. | (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. | (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
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| v. t. | 1. | To utter in the throat; to mutter; | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. | ||||||||||||||||
| Noun | 1. | throat - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarboneSynonyms: pharynx |
| 2. | throat - an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep | |
| 3. | throat - a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"; |
THROAT, med. jur. The anterior part of the neck. Dungl. plea. Diet. h.t.;
Coop. Dict. h.t.; 2 Good's Study of Med. 302; 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 97, n.
2. The word throat, in an indictment which charged the defendant with
murder, by "cutting the throat of the deceased," does not mean, and is not
to be confined to that part of the neck which is scientifically called the
throat, but signifies that which is commonly called the throat. 6 Carr. &
Payne, 401; S. C. 25 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 458.
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