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.]
Throat (thrōt), 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.
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.) 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) 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.
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.
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