Throat" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Throat	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Throat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throat n the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone Synonym(s): throat, pharynx an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"; the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throat \Throat\ (thr[omac]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote, [thorn]rotu; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throat \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.]