Definition of throat

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Throat (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

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Throat :: Throat (n.) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces..
Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc..
Expectorant :: Expectorant (a.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat..
Rosella :: Rosella (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow..
Cutthroat :: Cutthroat (a.) Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
Sibbens :: Sibbens (n.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch..
Nylgau :: Nylgau (n.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, / Portax, tragocamelus), found in Northern India. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown..
Peabody Bird :: Peabody bird () An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.
Faucal :: Faucal (a.) Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages..
Quinsy :: Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey..
Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail..
Throating :: Throating (n.) A drip, or drip molding..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Jugulum :: "Jugulum (n.) The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast..
Throatband :: Throatband (n.) Same as Throatlatch.
Nasopharyngeal :: Nasopharyngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus..
Gutturine :: Gutturine (a.) Pertaining to the throat.
Throaty :: Throaty (a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein..
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