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; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. |
| 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. |
| 2. | To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. |
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