throatn.

Brit.

/θrəʊt/, U.S.

/θroʊt/

Forms: early Old English ðrotae, early Old English ðrotę, Old English ðrotu, Old English (rare)–early Middle English þrota, Old English–early Middle English þrotu, Old English–early Middle English ðrote, Old English–Middle English þrote, Old English (in compounds)–1600s throt, early Middle English þrutu, Middle English thorche (transmission error), Middle English thorote, Middle English thorte, Middle English throght, Middle English throytt (northern), Middle English troht, Middle English trouthe (probably transmission error), Middle English þorte, Middle English þreote (south-west midlands), Middle English þrott, Middle English–1500s throthe, Middle English–1500s throtte, Middle English–1600s throate, Middle English–1600s throte, Middle English (1700s in a compound) thrott, 1500s throot, 1500s throote, 1500s– throat, 1600s throaght; English regional 1800s droat (Dorset), 1800s throit (Yorkshire), 1800s throoat (northern); U.S. regional 1800s th'oat (southern), 1800s thote, 1800s– thoat (southern), 1900s– throurt (Maine), 1900s– trophe (Pennsylvania); also Scottish pre-1700 throatt, pre-1700 throit, pre-1700 thrott, pre-1700 trot, pre-1700 1700s–1800s throt.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian throt- (in throtbolla Adam's apple: see throat-boll n.), Old High German drozza (Middle High German drozze , German †Drosse ), all in sense ‘throat’, and probably also with Old Icelandic þrútr snout, muzzle, mouth, Norwegian regional trūt , trot muzzle, snout, protruding mouth, spout, Swedish trut long nose, snout, Swedish regional trutt mouth of a bottle, Danish regional trut protruding mouth, apparently < the same Germanic base as Old English þrūtian , apparently ‘to strut, to threaten’, aþrūten swollen, Old Icelandic þrútna , to swell, puff up (with pride, anger, etc.), þrútinn swollen, Old Swedish thrutna to swell, thrutin swollen < the same Indo-European base as (showing movable s- ) strut v.¹Related words in Germanic languages. Compare Old Frisian strot- (in strotbolla Adam's apple), Middle Dutch strote (Dutch strot ), Old Saxon strota (Middle Low German strote , strotte ), Middle High German strozza , all in sense ‘throat’ < the Germanic base of strut v.¹, itself apparently < a variant (with movable s- ) of the same Indo-European base. The sense of this base appears to have been ‘to swell, protrude’; it was perhaps applied to the throat with reference to the Adam's apple (compare throat-boll n.). Inflection. In Old English both a strong feminine (þrotu ) and a weak feminine (þrote ); an apparent weak masculine (þrota ) is also rarely attested. Use in plant names. The word occurs in Old English as the second element in plant names, as æscþrote , apparently denoting vervain, alkanet or ground elder, and eoforþrote , probably denoting carline thistle. Perhaps compare later use with reference to plants in sense 11, although the motivation of the early names is unclear and disputed.

I. Senses relating to the part of the body.

1. The front of a person's neck, beneath the lower jaw and above the collarbones; the corresponding part of the neck in other vertebrates. Also rarely: an analogous part in insects.Sometimes used more generally to refer to the neck as a whole, esp. in phrases such as hang by the throat, about the throat, round the throat, etc.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > front of neck

throatOE

gorgea1400

gulac1400

weasandc1450

gowl1513

fore-crag1591

gorget-stead?1611

gulleta1684

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiv. 142 Iudas..hine sylfne aheng sona mid grine and rihtlice gewrað ða forwyrhtan ðrotan, seo ðe lytle ær belæwde drihten.

OE Monasteriales Indicia (1996) xlv. 30 Ðonne þu gehwædne martirlogium habban wille, þonne wege þu þine hand and lege þinne scytefinger ofer þine þrotan and rær up þinne litlan finger.

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Ðat is fæstned to an beom, & diden an scærp iren abuton þa mannes throte & his hals ðat he ne myhte nowiderwardes ne sitten ne lien.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 53 Ȝif þat blod of þara ceolan utwealle,..cnuca eall togadere and bynd þann þane clyþan uppa þa þrotan.

a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 32 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 120 Wrmes sal ete mi [read þi] wite þrote for al þi riche parage.

c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) 525 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 16 In þe þrote with a swerd he smot þe suete rode.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 218 (MED) Þow schelt ben hanged be þe þrote.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 14 Þet bodi of þe beste wes ase lipard, þe uet weren of bere, þe þrote of lioun.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5942 He ne had noiþere nekk ne þrote—His heued was in his body yshote.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1600 Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cj His [sc. an elephant's] mouth is vnder his throte.

1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 142 Thay schot gude Manfrild in athort the throit.

1603 J. Hind Mirrour Worldly Fame ii, in Harleian Misc. (1811) VIII. 37 Thy cheeks and fair forehead shall be full of wrinkles..; thy throat shall be rumpled.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 127 He that hath the hilt in his hand in the morning, may have the point at his throat ere night.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 221 His Throat sticking out like a Wen.

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 97 The yellow and black pie of Catesby, is a very docile bird, and has the throat covered with hair.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 367 External Anatomy of Insects... 2. Jugulum (the Throat). That part of the subface that lies between the temples.

1844 A. Strickland Lives Queens Engl. VI. 299 About her throat is a carcanet of large round pearls, and rubies, and emeralds.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 156 The cold smote my naked throat bitterly.

1922 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 1921–2 24 236 Throat [of the moth Chloropaschia mennusalis] black; fore coxae white.

1944 L. Dickson West Land 102 André came in wearing a heavy mackinaw coat with a highly-coloured woolen scarf wound round his throat.

1984 D. Müller-Schwarze Behavior of Penguins 43 The two-month-old fledglings have..a white throat.

2012 J. Monninger Wish 179 I held the necklace up to my throat.

a. The passage leading from the back of the oral and nasal cavities to the oesophagus and trachea; the pharynx. Also: the upper part of the trachea (including the larynx) or of the oesophagus.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [noun]

rakeeOE

cudeOE

weasanda1000

chelc1000

throatOE

garget13..

gorgec1390

oesophagusa1398

meria1400

oesophagea1400

swallowa1400

cannelc1400

gull1412

channelc1425

halsec1440

gully1538

encla?1541

stomach?1541

lane1542

weasand-pipe1544

throttlea1547

meat-pipe1553

gargil1558

guttur1562

cropc1580

gurgulio1630

gule1659

gutter lane1684

red lane1701

swallow-pipe1786

neck1818

gullet-pipe1837

foodway1904

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 42 Wiþ muðes ece & wið tungan & wið þrotan genim fifleafan wyrtwalan, wyll on wætere; syle him supan.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 49 He uthræþ wurmsig blod, and þeo þrutu byþ mid sare ȝemenged, swa swiþe, þæt he hyt utan ȝefret.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 68 Vre lauerd schilde þet þe breað of hare stinkinde þrote ne nachȝi ou neauer.

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 343 Vt of his ðrote it [sc. a whale] smit an onde, Ðe swetteste ðing ðat is o londe.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiv. 214 The þrote is þe vttirmest of pipes of þe longes... Þe substaunce of þis pipe is grisely and hard.

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 635/17 Nomina menbrorum... Hec gula, troht.

c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 344 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 371 Quha-sa-euire in þare throt seknes has.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 748/14 Hec gula, Hoc guttur, Hic jugulus, a throthe.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aiij^v The same water..gargoled in the throte..withdryueth the payne of the throte.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxi. 61 That I the wine should taste..and so my throte I baste.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E^v Thou..choakst their throts with dust.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse ii. ix. 91 When upon occasion of laughing or the like in drinking, any of the drink passes down the wrong Throat as we say (which is down the Wind-pipe) the party falls presently into a most violent cough.

1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. v. 56 A sound exactly like that which we make to clear the throat when any thing happens to obstruct it.

1782 A. S. Gentleman's Compl. Jockey 93 Then take a new laid egg, and pull out his tongue, bruise the shell, and thrust it into his throat.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xx. 323 He..bolted his food down his capacious throat in squares of three inches.

1897 ‘Tivoli’ Short Innings v. 76 A huge piece of cake went down the wrong throat, and Carrots had to belabour him lustily to persuade it to take the right direction.

1907 Catholic Encycl. II. 592/1 He performed a wonderful cure of a boy who had a fishbone in his throat.

1989 R. Hansen Nebraska Stories 135 I suctioned gunk out of its throat with a bulb syringe and squirted it into the straw but the calf didn't quiver or pant.

2001 J. Boyle Galloway Street 189 When I hear the pipes and drums and watch..the pipe major up the front joogling his silver mace, I get a choky feeling in my throat.

b. Chiefly British colloquial. A sore throat.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun]

housty1855

diphtheroid1861

throat1885

1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. iii. 68 That reasonless creature..has one of her throats again, and I did so want her to take some of my globules.

1915 Ld. Fisher Let. 2 Apr. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. i. 764 I thought I had a throat coming on but drastic measures have relieved it.

1979 M. Soames Clementine Churchill xiii. 201 In the last year she had been subject to ‘throats’ and coughs.

2014 Argus (Nexis) 6 May Despite a ‘bit of a throat’, Lee's delivery was clear and warm.

a. The throat considered as the means of consuming food or drink, or as the entrance to the stomach. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. Phrases 1.

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eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xi. 433 He [sc. se læcecræft] is swiðe biter on [muðe, & he ðe] tirð on ða þrotan [þonne ðu his ærast fandast].

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 160 Ȝef þe keache cuppe wellinde bres to drinken. ȝeot in his wide þrote.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 51 (MED) Huanne he ne may abyde..grat lecherie of þrote, hit comþ þet man..yernþ to þe mete ase deþ a best doumb.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1470 (MED) Bachus was a glotoun..Him for the throte thei beseke.

c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 677 Bacus þe bollere..Ȝe callen him kepere of þe þrote.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. iv. sig. Qii ^v Pamphagus holdeth out or thrusteth out his fastynge throte, whiche he can scarselye, yet at the laste fyll vp to his couetous. i. gredy bealye.

1668 tr. J. Drexel Pleasant & Profitable Treat. Hell xvi. 344 They cheerfully lay fast hold on a full cup, and carouse so long, till the liquor damm at the top of their throat.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 202 Let Streams of Wine, thro' pewter Channels, glide Adown the Throats.

1777 F. Burney Let. 7 Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 237 She forced wine & water..down her throat till she was almost tipsey.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 19 How my little bit of dinner slides itself down my throat, I know no more than a man in the moon.

1933 N. Shepherd Pass in Grampians ii. 9 in Grampian Quartet (2001) She would stuff anything down her throat—grain and bran and sharps—I've seen her stuff her mouth with chaff.

1989 Far Eastern Econ. Rev. 30 Mar. 63/3 Until now, the securities exchange has channelled money down the throats of industry and ignored the small investor.

2008 Big Issue Christmas 57/1 All the while, Dad just sitting there, shovelling food down his throat.

†b. figurative. With reference to the consuming action or capacity of a destructive agency, as death, war, etc.: a situation, location, etc., which is liable imminently to lead to destruction. Cf. jaw n.¹ 5, tooth n. 2b(a). Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > devouring quality

throatc1230

consumingness1659

consumptibility1659

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 131 Ut of þe floc..in to wulues muð toward te þrote of helle.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vii. 5 He fights, Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 55 The maist walliezand men in the throt of the battell.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §2. 315 Many good Commanders of the Carthaginian forces,..haue desperately cast themselues with al that remained vnder their charge, into the throat of destruction.

1628 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule viii. 1090 Yee may well sticke a little in the narrow throate of Death.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 168 Calm, and intrepid, in the very throat Of sulphurous war.

1824 J. Rooke Inq. Princ. Nat. Wealth iv. ix. 384 On the streets of your towns, in the very throat of danger and bustle, you will find a poor miserable fellow mortal deliberately seated over the sale of a shilling's worth of wares.

1838 D. P. Brown in S. Webb Hist. Pennsylvania Hall 14 It was for such liberty, that your Washington..redeemed the outraged rights of suffering millions from the very throat of death.

1902 Marble Rock (Iowa) Jrnl. 29 May A man leaped the gate [of the level-crossing] and dashed into the throat of death.

a. The throat considered as the location of the vocal organs and hence as the place from which speech or song originates. Cf. Phrases 2.Sometimes regarded as the source of a statement repudiated as false or slanderous, often accompanied by a threat to return the statement to its source in a violent manner (see e.g. quots. 1594, 1616).; cf. to lie in one's throat at Phrases 2c.

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OE Ælfric Homily (Trin. Cambr. B.15.34) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 346 He næs butan toðum, þe mid þære tungan swegdon; and þrotan he hæfde, þa ða hy gehyrdon his stæmne.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea viii. 1 In thi throte be a trumpe, as an egle on the hous of the Lord.

a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 320 To find oute meri crafti notis Þei ne spared not her þrotes.

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 79 By ryght dome, þat þrote þat spake þe wordes of traytery aȝeynys his Lord, þat þrote was ystrangled wyth þe grynne of a rope.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 110 Thay can pronunce na voce furth of thair throtis.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 55 Till I haue..Thrust those reprochfull speeches downe his throat, That he hath breathd in my dishonour here.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 198 Gave him home the lie, adowne his throte.

1683 F. Willis et al. tr. Anacreon done into Eng. 24 Had'st thou all the charming notes, Of the Woods Poetick Throats All thy Art could never pay What thou'st hast ta'ne from me away.

1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. ii. iv. 262 I'll cram the impudent Lye down your Throat.

a1779 D. Garrick Medley in T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee (1795) IV. 263 You tune up my throat, You swell every Note.

1832 D. Geoghegan Seige of Maynooth I. vi. 82 For the singing, why its my Lady the Countess, that has the throat of an angel.

1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §65 Into the throat of the bird is given the voice of the air.

1900 Milford (Indiana) Mail 2 Aug. A slip of a girl barely 16 years of age, with ropes of jet black hair and the throat of a nightingale.

1946 H. Heslop Earth Beneath xiii. 268 John wanted to leap at his son and thrust the lie back down his throat.

2010 B. Ohmart Judy Canova 11 That sweet little lady who had the gumption of a tomcat mixed with the throat of an opera..singer.

b. The voice. Now rare.

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the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > throat

throatc1275

whistlea1625

quail-pipe1693

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 558 Þu hauest schille þrote.

1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end Ep. Ded. sig. B^v All the Synagogue of Scribes gaue a Plaudite, crying out Viua voce, with one loud throat.

1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xx. 285 Forth he powres his vtmost throte.

1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 265 The Attic warbler pours her throat, Responsive to the cuckow's note.

1766 W. Cruden Nature Spiritualised ii. v. 205 His praises on the lip soon, soon cease, And the loud throat is wearied into peace.

1800 Gentleman's Mag. June 561/2 To the loud Trumpet's throat, To the shrill Clarion's note.

1887 National Rev. June 483 When summer shall silence the merle's loud throat And the nightingale's sweet sad singing.

1920 W. E. Barton A. Lincoln 9 It makes a difference whether the people are led by the Lord, or lured by the loudest throat.

1940 A. Ali Twilight in Delhi ii. i. 108 The fruit and vegetable seller, a fat young woman with..a sharp tongue and a loud throat.

5. The throat regarded as a particularly vulnerable part of the body, an attack on which is liable to kill, overpower, or subdue. Frequently figurative. Cf. Phrases 3.Chiefly with reference to strangulation or compression of the windpipe, to cutting the throat, or to biting or tearing the throat as in an attack by an animal, esp. presented as types of particularly violent or savage action.

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c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 423 Þese apes..done more harme to men þen þof þei cutted hor throtes.

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xciij About which they braule and scolde one ready to teare out a nothers throte.

1607 T. Jackson tr. G. Powel De Adiaphoris ix. 64 To ayme and strike at the throate of Charitie.

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 9 The Papists would cut my throat.

1703 tr. T. Craig Right Succession to Kingdom Eng. i. iv. 21 Our Adversaries..strike at the Throat of our cause.

1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. xvi. 326 These loving turtles flew like lightning again at each other's throats.

1849 Times 5 July 5/3 Famine has already closed with the west of Ireland; it has its gripe on its very throat.

1853 Daily News 5 Oct. 4/5 The disaffection of the Caucasus is after all but the planting of the serpent's tooth in the giant's heel. His very throat lies bare.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xxx. 252 Men are flying at each other's throats..lying and slandering—sometimes picking and stealing.

1906 Jewish Q. Rev. 18 488 A keen sword lies at the very throat of our faith and its existence.

1937 Harper's Monthly Mag. Dec. 438/1 The Detroit News printed a front-page editorial..pointing out that a strike would cut the throat of the convalescent patient—the industrial United States.

1978 Times 20 Feb. 14/8 I cannot believe that Mr Powell would fly at my throat.

2015 Sun (Nexis) 23 Aug. 14 The unions..had their boot heel on the nation's throat in the winter of 1978 to 1979.

6. That part of a garment which covers, or lies next to, the throat. Cf. neck n.¹ 3.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck

neck1530

neck-piece1611

throatlatch1727

throat1813

1813 Weekly Entertainer 11 Jan. 25 High dress of light ruby Merino cloth..; it buttons in front from the throat to the waist.

1896 Vogue 11 June 412/4 In order to give the needed touch of the becoming, a color should appear at the throat of the blouse in the space inside of the wide sailor collar.

1927 Observer 10 Apr. 22 The whole dress is also slit from throat to hem, permitting a glimpse of a contrasting fourreau.

1979 J. D. McDonald Green Ripper (1980) xii. 198 Dark-blue velvety dress with lace at the throat.

2011 Sunshine Coast (Queensland, Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 30 Sept. 5 [He's] just grabbed him by the throat of the shirt and given him a bit of a shove.

II. Extended and technical uses, applied to parts of things having some resemblance to the throat.

a. The part at or close to the opening of something, esp. when relatively narrow or tapering; a passage leading into or out of something; a narrow or constricted part connecting two portions of a thing.

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the world > space > [noun] > insufficiency of space > a confined or restricted space

narrowc1230

strait1352

throata1522

strait1545

straitness1625

constriction1826

bottleneck1850

fisherman's walk1867

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > narrow passage or narrow part of passage

chare12..

danger1393

throata1522

creek1573

pass1712

push-through1888

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. viii. 38 Than my fader..A mekil tankart with wyne fild to the throte.

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 222 First, in the throt of the Bow, war slane David Kirk.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 7 The throat or passage for the water out of it, shall be such as that appointed for the pits or wels.

1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1551 A prettie spring Whose throat, sir, I wot, sir, You may stop with your neive.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum v. 298 The water..passing through the narrow throat of the funnel.

1814 W. Scott Diary 17 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 206 The access through this strait would be easy, were it not for the Island of Græmsay, lying in the very throat of the passage.

1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 141 The throat of the cave, by which we ascend from the mouth to the interior.

1899 A. Griffiths in Fortn. Rev. 65 312 Lang's Nek, the throat of the passage into the Transvaal.

1951 Foreign Affairs 29 383 The comparatively narrow throat between Koenigsberg and Odessa through which all Soviet effort toward the West has to be channelled.

1992 G. T. Beaulieu & J. C. Stansbury in Marina Technol. iv. 53 The throat of the entrance [to the harbour] was widened to 38 metres.

2014 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 18 Oct. (Weekender section) 4 The only way into Wangi is over a constricted throat of land known as The Narrows.

b. A constriction or narrowing in a fireplace, furnace, etc., immediately above the fire, leading into the flue or chimney; the narrowest part of a fireplace where it meets the flue. Cf. chimney-throat n. at chimney n. Compounds 2.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > narrowest part of chimney

throat1766

chimney-throat1800

1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 136/2 The funnel gathered in a throat, directly above the fireplace.

1781 J. Sharp Acct. Pensilvanian Stove-grates 9/2 The Throat of the Chimney has been clogged with Soot.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 364/1 The smoke..ascends vertically by the throat of the chimney into the flue.

1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 16 The opening at the top of the furnace, called the throat or trunnel-hole.

1909 Auk 26 547 By putting my head into the throat of the chimney and looking up, I could still see them quite well.

1989 Old-house Jrnl. Mar. 30/1 Check the throat for any obstructions and see if there is a functioning damper.

1996 Visual Dict. Archit. 89 Throat, the narrow opening between a fireplace and its flue or smoke chamber.

c. A chute or passage that carries the harvested crop to the cylinder of a threshing machine.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for > part of

scutcher1797

scutch1805

throat1840

1840 Western Farmer & Gardener Nov. 46/2 The building may be a two story one, so as to allow of an extensive loft, from which the threshing machine and straw cutter are fed direct by means of a throat.

1871 Southern Farm & Home Aug. 381/2 With a good spike thresher you must close up the entrance, or throat, with a plank, except a small hole on the left side, large enough to put the heads or blossoms in with an old broom.

1907 Threshermen's Rev. Oct. 23 (advt.) The only duty of the feeder chain is to deliver the ear of corn into the throat of the machine.

2001 Sugar Jrnl. June 10/2 The base cutter disks not only hold the cutter blades but also transport the cane to the throat of the harvester.

d. Woodworking. The opening in the base of a plane, in which the blade is set, and through which the wood shavings pass.

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1856 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1855: Arts & Manuf. II. 40 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 12) VI To serve as a rest for the chisel, and to confine the throat of the plane.

1895 F. Chilton-Young Home Carpentry Handy Men iii. 58 The bevel..meets the shaving on its entrance through the throat and turns it upward.

1992 Harrowsmith Dec. 10c/2 Some of the older block planes have variable throats like their larger cousins, the bench planes; the wider the throat, the deeper the shaving.

2014 G. Hack in Woodworking Wisdom & Know-how 15/3 Set the plane for a fine cut, with a tight throat.

e. The narrowest region of a nozzle, designed to increase the velocity of the gas or liquid being expelled.

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1869 Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engin. Mag. Mar. 227/1 The condensation of the steam takes place in the interval between the orifice of the cold water nozzle and the throat of the outermost nozzle.

1946 Sewage Wrks Jrnl. 18 1065/2 The throat of the nozzle can be cleaned without removing the nozzle.

1982 Pop. Sci. May 10 Downstream from the throat..the velocity is above the speed of sound in the steam.

2016 B. K. Sultanian Fluid Mech. v. 255 The pressure ratio computed at the throat is much lower and the Mach number much higher than the pressure ratio and Mach number computed at the nozzle exit plane.

f. Firearms. In a rifle, revolver, etc.: the front section of the chamber where it tapers towards the bore.

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1870 Metallic Ammunition Springfield Breech-loading Rifle Musket 49 To achieve this involves the consideration of..the form of the throat connecting the chamber and barrel.

1937 P. B. Sharpe Compl. Guide Handloading xxiii. 240/2 Throat Gauge,..the gauge portion is a carefully ground tool-steel rod with a pilot end in land diameter... Back of this the rod is ground according to standard specifications of the throat.

1988 Target Sun Sept. 26/2 The CZ was a more efficient design, reliably picking up the round on transfer from the magazine to the barrel throat, not relying on engaging the rim as the breech is locked.

2004 Amer. Handgunner (Nexis) 1 Mar. 36 The main areas of inspection with the old Colt single actions will be the firing pin, recoil plate,..and cylinder throat lineup with the barrel.

8. Architecture and Building.

†a. The projecting underside of a cornice, typically including a moulding with a concave curve to throw off water. Obsolete.

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1655 J. Moxon tr. J. Barozzio Vignola v. 24 The Member marked with A in this Figure, is called the Ovolo..E the List, F the Gula or Throat reversed.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 32 The Freese, Gul or Throat.

1708 J. James tr. C. Perrault Treat. Five Orders of Columns ii. iv. 89 A Cornice of a Character altogether singular,..the Projecture of the Corona so great, that it extends beyond the Modillion more than half the Length of the Modillion, making a very large Throat, as in the Composite Order.

b. A moulding with a concave profile similar to, but less pronounced than, a scotia (scotia n. 2).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > concave moulding

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casemate1611

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throat1722

hollow1726

1722 J. James Explan. Terms Archit. iii, in tr. C. Perrault Treat. Five Orders in Archit. (ed. 2) Cavetto..a round Concave Moulding..; the Workmen call it Mouth, when in its natural Situation, and Throat when turn'd upside-down.

1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Throat, or gorge, in architecture, is a sort of concave moulding, wider, but not so deep as a scotia, chiefly used in frames, chambranles, &c.

1999 J. S. Curl Oxf. Dict. Archit. 135/2 Cavetto.., concave chamfer, gorge, hollow, throat, or trochilus moulding the section of which is a quarter-round, often used on cornices, distinguished from the scotia, the section of which is a half-circle, half-ellipse, or more.

c. A groove or channel on the underside of a sill, string course, coping, etc., to prevent rainwater running back towards the wall. Cf. throating n. 2a.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > structures for throwing off rainwater

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weather-table1839

dashboard1881

watershed1886

waterboarding1927

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping > groove under coping

gorge1706

throat1736

1736 W. Robinson Proportional Archit. (new ed.) 39 Wrought underneath with a Drip or Throat to clear the Water from the Front.

1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Archit. 14 Mar. 351 If brick sills be used, see that they have a good, clean throat.

1915 T. Nolan Kidder's Architects' & Builders' Handbk. (ed. 15) 1764 Throat, a channel or groove made on the under-side of a string-course, coping, etc., to prevent water from running inward toward the walls.

1983 Illustr. Dict. Hist. Archit. (at cited word) Throat, a groove which is cut along the underside of a member (as a a stringcourse or coping on a wall) to prevent water from running back across it (toward the wall).

2013 D. Marshall et al. Constr. Houses (ed. 5) iv. 86 The coping stone should overhang the wall on either side and will incorporate small drips (a throat) to prevent water running back under the coping.

d. The narrowest part of a column or its capital where the shaft and the capital meet; the hypotrachelium; = neck n.¹ 6d. rare.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > flues or parts of flues

boshes1686

worm1758

throat vent1839

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baffler1861

trunnel-hole1868

velvet tree1875

baffle1881

throat1919

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > parts at junction of shaft and capital

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neck moulding1818

bell-stone1851

neck-mould1851

throat1919

1919 H. L. Warren Found. Classic Archit. v. 216 The flutes of the shaft end in elliptical lines before reaching the throat of the capital.

1989 J. K. Bibber Home for Everyman iv. 50 Additional decorative carving at the ‘throat’ where the column met the capital.

9. Shipbuilding and Nautical.

a. The inner angle or curve at the junction of the two arms of an angled timber, as a knee (knee n. 7a), hook (hook n.¹ 8), or floor-timber; the portion of such a timber constituting the angle, typically being the thickest part; the depth or thickness of this.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > floor timber(s) > middle part of

throat1711

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > angular supporting timber > hollow of bend of

throat1711

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 165 Throat, the inward bending of Knee-timber.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 402/1 In fastening the knees, care should be taken to let one bolt pass exactly through the middle of the throat.

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXII. at Ship-building All floors are required to have sufficient wood to seat themselves on the dead-wood, and the throats to run up to the cutting-down or under side of the keelson.

1824 Mechanic's Mag. 3 July 257/2 Bolts which go through the side into the throat of the knee.

1869 R. W. Meade Treat. Naval Archit. & Ship-building (ed. 2) 340 The bolts of the keelson are driven through the throat of each floor and through the main keel.

1918 R. M. van Gaasbeek Pract. Course Wooden Boat & Ship Building (1919) 228 Stemson, a knee-piece with its horizontal arm scarfed to the keelson and its vertical arm fayed into the throats of the transoms.

1921 Rules for Constr. & Classif. Wood Ships (Amer. Bureau of Shipping) 52 The knee or anchor-stock at the throat is to be at least twice the siding size.

2005 M. McCarthy Ships' Fastenings 183 A bolt driven through the throat of a knee or hook.

2013 W. L. Crothers Amer.-built Packets & Freighters 1850s xiii. 183/1 The ship Antarctic had a breasthook 44 feet end to end, 32 inches in the throat, and fastened with 70 bolts.

b. The part of an anchor at the point where the shank meets the arms; the curve formed by the arm of an anchor and the shank where they join.

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1765 M. Murray tr. P. Bouguer in Suppl. 18 in Treat. Ship-building & Navigation (ed. 2) In regard to the thickness they generally make the circumference at the throat A of the shank, about the fifth part of its length.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 79 Several parts of the anchor are governed by the size of the trend, which is marked on the shank at the same distance from the inside of the throat as the arm measures..to the extremity of the bill.

1809 R. Warner Tour through Cornwall ii. 65 The unskilful manufacture of the throat of the anchor, or the curved part between the fluke and the body of it.

1865 Mech. Mag. 15 Dec. 382/1 It is the practice to make the shank and the arms of anchors the same size as the throat.

1986 D. H. Roberts tr. J. Boudriot Seventy-Four Gun Ship II. 102 The part where the shank is joined to the arms is called the throat or the vertex, since this is where the vertical part meets the arms.

2004 A. M. McCann & J. P. Oleson Deep-water Shipwrecks off Skerki Bank viii. 158 (caption) Portion of concretion of iron anchor shaft with throat, crown, one stub of arm, and one complete arm with fluke.

c. The lower end of a gaff (gaff n.¹ 2) having forked jaws (jaw n.¹ 4) curved to fit around the mast; the part of a quadrangular fore-and-aft sail closest to this, being the upper forward corner. Opposed to peak n.² 5a.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spars used to extend head of sail > jaws fitting round mast > curved part of

throat1769

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > upper corner

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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Throat, a name given to the inner end of a gaff, or to that part which is next to the mast. It is opposed to peek, which implies the outer extremity of the said gaff.

1808 D. Lever Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor 63 The throat Earing is spliced to the Cringle in the Throat of the Sail.

1860 G. S. Nares Naval Cadet's Guide 55 The lower block is hooked to a bolt in the throat of the gaff.

1904 Western Field June 392/2 The bolts and pin under the throat of the gaff which take the throat of the mainsail should be strong and well galvanized.

1970 Motor Boating Jan. 276/2 He would slack away on the peak and throat of the gaff, then haul in the mainsheet.

2002 J. Leather Gaff Rig Handbk. (ed. 2) iii. 32 Throat halliard, this purchase hoists the throat of the sail at the forward end of the gaff.

10. Fortification. The entrance to a bastion or outwork from the main body of a fortification; = gorge n.¹ 6. Cf. neck n.¹ 5c.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > parts of

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pan1707

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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Throat, in Architecture, Fortification, &c.

1863 D. H. Mahan Summary Course Permanent Fortification 50 The throat is at the centre of the wall, and 6″ wide.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2563/1 Throat, the narrowed space between the flanks of a bastion at their junction with the curtain, or between the rear ends of the faces of a redan.

1979 Winterthur Portfolio 14 199/1 Joseph G. Totten.., the outstanding American-born designer of fortifications, whose introduction of an iron casemate or ‘Armoured Throat’ earned him an international reputation.

1986 S. Pepper & N. Adams Firearms & Fortifications 4 (key to figure) K: Gorge or throat of the bastion.

11. Botany. The part of a tubular flower at or immediately beneath its opening or mouth.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > throat or fornix

rictus1760

throat1764

fornix1823

1764 J. Hill Veg. Syst. VII. 4 Having the throat of the Flower Naked.

1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 102 Asperugo... Cor[olla] one-petal'd... Throat closed: with Scalelets five.

1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 8 Florets all tubular, with an inflated throat, generally spreading into a hemispherical head.

1882 Garden 28 Jan. 66/3 The throat of the flower is unbearded.

1932 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 19 400 The background of the throat in young flowers is light phlox purple with the veining on the posterior side prune purple.

2006 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 23 Sept. h17 Lily petals tend to have a recurved back, exposing the throat and colorations.

12. In a plough: the portion of the mouldboard between the point of the share and the lower part of the beam; (also) the space enclosed by this.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other parts of plough

plough-line1384

plough-strake1395

cleat1419

weigh-tree1578

spindle1616

pole wedge1733

table1763

throat1771

brace1808

wang1808

wing-bar1844

sill1877

1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xviii. 535 Trying it in very loose mould, I perceived some earth would now and then lodge in the throat.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 4 The throat and breast, or that part which enters, perforates, and breaks up the ground.

1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. v. 132 The throat... [Note] The space from the share point to the junction or approach of the breast to the beam.

1886 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 22 544 Nothing lifted by the share and mould-board can choke the throat of the plough.

1928 Q.C. Ayres & D. Scoates Land Drainage & Reclam. xx. 244 It is important that there be from 20 to 26 inches of clearance at the throat of a plow so that it will not be necessary to stop too frequently to clear the plow of brush and débris.

2007 S. Singh Farm Machinery iii. 55 Cutting edge also called throat of the share cuts the furrow slice from main soil body.

13. A narrowed part of the spoke of a wheel, located close to the point where the spoke is inserted into the hub. Now chiefly historical.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > spoke > part of

throat1867

1867 Amer. Artisan 28 Aug. 124/1 They are taken to a shearing or throating machine, which brings them to the proper shape in the throat, or that part close to the shoulder which rests upon the hub.

1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2285/1 The throat of a spoke is the portion of diminished thickness a short distance from the hub, to give a degree of flexibility to the spoke.

1900 Hub Apr. 34/2 It has an improved cutter head, which will finish the throat in one operation.

1980 V. Hawke & A.Scott Horse Drawn Vehicles N.Z. 163 The spokes were finished in two sanding operations, one for the shaft and one for the throat and tenons.

14. On the wheel of a railway vehicle, tram, etc.: the thicker part of the flange adjoining the wheel body.

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1884 Rep. Proc. 18th Ann. Convent. Master Car-builders' Assoc. 47 There will be very little metal in the throat to resist the lateral wear of the flange against the rail.

1911 Railway Age Gaz. 1 Dec. 1128/1 There was no contact between the throat of the flange and the ball of the rail.

1954 Railroad Mag. Nov. 58/1 The throat of the flange on the outer wheel bears heavily against this outer rail.

2006 A. H. Wickens in S. Iwnicki Handbk. Railway Vehicle Dynamics ii. 25 Contact is made between the throat of the flange and the gauge corner of the rail.

15. On a shoe: the part of the upper that lies to the front of the opening for the foot, and rests on the top of the wearer’s instep; (on a shoe with laces or similar fastenings) the part of the shoe where the bottom of the tongue meets the rest of the upper.Also (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in throat line.

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1887 Shoe & Leather Reporter 3 Mar. 404/3 The front quarters are cut in two pieces, the throat piece being cut to overlap the other.

1899 C. B. Hatfield Designing, cutting & grading Boot & Shoe Patterns xi. 48 Springing the fly..may be done... No objections to it appear, except it may cause more wrinkles at the throat of the shoe.

1910 Boot & Shoe Recorder 16 Feb. 13/1 The shoe properly fitted..has the ball of the foot placed at a point just a trifle forward of the line of the throat of the vamp.

1953 Life 31 Aug. 86/2 (advt.) [The shoe style]..reflects exciting fashion news in the slender toe and square throat-line.

1971 Sunday Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 12 Sept. (Advertising Suppl.) 3/2 Low stacked heel and elasticized throat line emphasize comfort and fit.

2002 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 27 June s11 When the shoe is on the foot, the width of one finger should fit between the foot and the throat of the shoe.

16. Sport (originally U.S.). That part of a racket, lacrosse stick, canoe paddle, etc., where the head or blade joins the shaft.Recorded earliest in throat-piece n. 3.

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1897 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 13 Aug. 5/1 (advt.) ‘Special’ Tennis Racket, white ash frame, walnut throat-piece, cedar handle.

1898 Wright & Ditson's Official Lawn Tennis Guide (end matter) (advt.) This little contrivance, which is to be placed on the throat of the racket.

1912 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Dec. 306/2 A racket having a handle with a slot extending longitudinally thereof from the butt substantially to the throat of the racket.

1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 449 Throat (canoeing), that part of the paddle shaft just above the blade.

1976 C. Brackenridge Women's Lacrosse iii. 27 It is usual for the centre to draw with her normal top hand at the throat of the crosse.

1986 Squash World July 21/1 The classic head shape, solid construction and reinforced throat which the makers believe gives maximum control [in a squash racket].

2003 O. Shine Lang. Tennis 133 Agassi never recovered after the throat of his racket broke, causing him to double fault for a second time.

17. In a band saw: the space between the blade and the upright column supporting the horizontal arm from which the blade extends downwards, through which material passes when being cut. Also: the corresponding space in a similarly constructed machine or tool (such as a drill press, sewing machine, etc.). Frequently attributive, as throat space, throat width, etc.Often with measurement specifying the horizontal distance from the blade, drill bit, etc., to the upright column.

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1899 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 31 Jan. 728/1 A lumber-guide adjustable to vary the width of the lumber throat or passage-way between the saw and its upper supporting-wheel.

1915 Iron Age 2 Dec. 1339/1 One single-ended geared punching machine with 26-in. throat.

1923 Iron Age 15 Mar. 768/1 The throat space is 10 in. deep and 6 in. high.

1970 Pop. Sci. Sept. 24/3 What continues to please me most about the tool is that 18″ throat; I'd been working with an 11″ machine that often proved restrictive.

2011 M. Shepler & R. K. Brent Compl. Idiot's Guide Sewing ii. 22 A large throat is helpful when sewing bulky fabrics and large projects like quilts.

18. Music. In brass instruments: the narrow section of the mouthpiece that connects the cup-shaped opening to the backbore (backbore n. at back- comb. form Additions).

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1938 Educ. Music Mag. Jan. 12/3 The rim, cup, throat and backbore of a mouthpiece are all important.

1984 H. G. Fischer Renaissance Sackbut & its Use Today 31 The throat—like that of all other sackbut mouthpieces with any claim to antiquity—is sharp-edged.

1992 Windplayer Sept. 30/2 A Bach B underpart with a 23 throat and a 24 back bore for his trumpet.

2004 M. Campbell et al. Musical Instruments v. 152 Mouthpieces of cornets and bugles usually have a rounded cup with a pronounced throat.

Phrases

P1. Phrases relating to literal or figurative consumption. Cf. sense 3a.

a. (up) to the throat: to the point where no more can be taken; to capacity; to the limit. Cf. (up) to the neck at neck n.¹ Phrases 12b.

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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Ay as thay tomit thame of schot, Feyndis fild thame new vp to the thrott.

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst f. cxixv A greate bellyed monke wyth a scarlet face, whose panche is well pampered and stuffed up to the throate wyth all maner of delycates.

1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest 1st Prol. sig. c3 The very Pudding of our Farce that must fill the Audience up to the throat with laughter.

1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius iii. in Sylvæ 68 Why dost thou not give thanks as at a plenteous feast Cram'd to the throat with life, and rise and take thy rest?

1705 Lady Norton Applause of Virtue i. 19 But I would burst him with Honour, Gold, Silver, and Riches; and when he was full, up to the Throat, I would draw aside the Curtain, to let him see Virtue and Paradice.

1823 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 3 Jan. 229 A priest..Full to the throat of Greek and college.

1861 C. Dickens Let. 3 Dec. (1997) IX. 530 A place already full to the throat.

1921 E. P. Oppenheim Nobody's Man iii. 25 A very intelligent constituency, stuffed up to the throat with schoolboard education.

1993 D. Smith Blue Willow 38 He was filled up to the throat with trying.

b. to pour (money, property, etc.) down one's throat and variants: to use up (money, property, etc.) by excessive expenditure on food or drink; esp. to squander (wealth) by drinking to excess.

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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain i. 543 Who..delight to send their estates downe the throat.

1718 Orig. Weekly Jrnl. 15 Feb. 1043/2 A Poor idle Vagrant, that has swallowed his Patrimony down his Throat, and thinks he has done the Government Service therein, by promoting the Excise on strong Beer.

1859 J. W. Loguen Rev. J. W. Loguen xviii. 234 While one hand was busy pouring a large estate down his throat, the other was equally busy giving it to the poor.

1975 Washington Post 13 July e12/1 I'm not drinking myself to death like these guys who come up here and pour their money down their throats.

2013 J. Braun Greek for Beginners i. 18 Stavros pours more money down his throat than he puts back into his company.

c. to shove (also ram, thrust, etc.) (a thing) down a person's throat: to force (a thing) upon a person; to compel or try to compel a person to accept (a thing).

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1662 R. Cressener Anti-Baal-Berith Justified 27 This Covenant was thrust down the Throats of many people.

1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. viii Quha rammed, and crammed, That bargin down thair throts.

1778 F. Burney Let. 21 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 85 Nothing is more ridiculous than ‘people's’ cramming their Children's nonsence [sic] down other people's Throats!

1829 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) I. 232 Since the Duke of Wellington..thrust the Emancipation Bill down his [sc. George IV's] royal throat.

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 13/1 She liked to choose her friends and not have them crammed down her throat.

1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch iv. 84 I wouldn't mind her trying to run her pink politics down my throat..though I never see why being a Communist should make one abhor washing.

2003 N.Y. Times 29 June ii. 26/3 A life-after-death story that doesn't..shove inspirational messages down your throat.

P2. Phrases relating to speech or the voice. Cf. sense 4.

(a) to speak (also sing, cry, etc.) with a full throat and variants: to speak (sing, cry, etc.) loudly, clearly, or forcefully. Cf. with full (also open) mouth at mouth n. Phrases 1e.

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a1450 (c1400) Cuckoo & Nightingale (Tanner) (1991) l. 75 Some song..al oute, with..þe ful throte.

1549 tr. J. Calvin Short Instr. Good Christian People sig. E.v^v Finallye wyth full throte, they do spewe out excedynge deformed blasphemies.

1648 T. Manton Englands Spirituall Languishing Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Therefore when the house of Jacob offendeth, it must be told its own with a full throat.

1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher i. 65 Singing at last the Complines, and bawling with a full Throat the Salve Regina.

1844 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer H— Family 65/1 He sang with a full throat.

1922 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 115/2 He gave with a full throat the hunting cry of the wolves.

1960 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. 14/2 His range of dynamics is wide enough to make the instrument sing with a full throat.

2000 N. Podhoretz My Love Affair with Amer. 4 America deserved to be glorified with a full throat and a whole heart.

(b) in (also at) full throat: using the full power of one’s voice; in a full-throated manner.Originally and frequently with reference to birds.

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1829 Zool. Jrnl. 17 72 A pure wild song from an island Canary at liberty, in full throat.

1866 W. Hone Every Day Bk. 350/1 I had heard his fellows in the thickets whistling in full throat.

1934 Auk 51 477 The Flicker..would perk up, lift his head and start calling again at full throat.

1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) xvi. 164 Birds would be in full throat as they busied themselves with their nesting.

1984 J. Nazel Delta Crossing v. 62 The congregation was at full throat.

2006 J. Berkeley Palace of Laughter ii. 16 The barking grew louder as Miles approached the pound. Thirty mongrels and more were in full throat at the sound of his footsteps.

b. to set up (also †out) one's throat and variants: to raise one's voice; to cry aloud; to speak, shout, etc., loudly or powerfully. Cf. to set out 7 at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2, to set up 3 at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)]

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to set up (also out) one's throat1548

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to cry up1684

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rort1931

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiii. f. clxxvii Where thei wer not able with euident profes to conuince him, and to get the ouerhande of hym, they set out the throte, and made an open outcry against hym.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. ix. 255 As lowd as ever he could set out a throate, maketh this challenge.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 114 The whole Rout Set up their throats, with clamorous shout.

?1790 A. Macdonald Laura I. xii. 186 Then set up her throat again with ‘Murder! Murder! help, good Christians!’.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 284 Dame Crank set up her throat, and began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler.

1888 Monthly Chron. North-Country Lore & Legend Mar. 124/2 Jean set up her throat in exclamations against this breach of hospitality.

1931 Times 22 Oct. 15/6 The robin..will habitually..set up his throat in song which sounds piercingly loud within four walls.

c. to lie in one's throat: to lie blatantly or brazenly; to tell an outright untruth. Now rare (somewhat archaic).

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] > extremely, blatantly

to lie for the whetstone1418

to lie in one's throat1566

to flap in the mouth (with a lie)1578

to flap the lie in one's teeth1650

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlv. f. 251 Thou hast falsely accused her, &..thou liest in thy Throte, in al that thou hast contriued against her.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 199 We say unto you, that you have Lyed in your throate.

1765 W. Guthrie et al. Gen. Hist. World IX. xli. 105 His answer was that Charles lied, and lied in his throat.

1824 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Feb. (1981) XI. 123 Whoever asserts that I am the author..lies in his throat.

1947 China Weekly Rev. 8 May 39/2 To say in Chinese that a person is ‘talking the official language’ is really a polite, diplomatic way of saying that he is lying in his throat.

1980 Guardian 8 Mar. 11/4 Sissela Bok..tackles some very slippery questions, concerned with people who lie whitely, merely lie, lie in their teeth, and lie in their throats like the dogs and villains that they are.

d. through the throat and variants: in a harsh or guttural tone. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > harshly

enforcedly1579

through the throat1595

snarlingly1862

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > rough or harsh

through the throat1595

barkingly1605

raspingly1870

roupily1887

1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 17 One doth his language toothe, another noze his note, Another frames his words vnseemly through the throte.

1668 O. Price Eng. Orthogr. 16 Gh soundes now like h, in Almighty, although [etc.]. Note, But the Ancients did, as the Welch, & Scots do still pronounce gh, thorow the throat.

1792 E. Evans New Compl. Eng. & Dutch Gram. (ed. 3) 23 The English can't Guttural it: nor pronounce any thing through the throat.

2005 V. Chang Circle 61 The men chanted through their throats some alphabet.

Thesaurus »

e. at the top of one's throat: see top n.¹ 31.

P3. Phrases relating to the throat as a vulnerable part of the body. Cf. sense 5.

a. to cut the throat of: to ruin; to bring about the defeat or downfall of; to put an end to. Similarly to cut one's own throat: to be the means of one's own defeat or downfall; to act in a way which will ultimately harm one's own interests. Also to cut one another's throats: to try to bring about one another's downfall; to work against one another.In later use esp. with reference to ruthless competition in business, commerce, etc. Cf. cut-throat n. Compounds.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > destroy oneself

to cut one's own throat1565

auto-destruct1963

self-destruct1968

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence

dilghec897

defacec1386

annul1395

anientec1400

refer?c1400

extinct1484

annihil1490

delete1495

out-terma1500

perspoil1523

extaintc1540

extinguish1555

blot1561

wipe1564

to cut the throat of1565

annihilate1567

dissipatea1575

annihilate1586

nullify1609

nullize1615

expunge1628

nothing1637

null1647

extramund1654

be-nothing1674

erase1728

obliterate1798

simoom1821

to tear to shreds1837

snuff1852

mop1859

to take out1900

napoo1915

naught1958

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > be greatly or desperately at variance

to cut one another's throats1685

1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 206 His contradiction shall serue vs, as a most stronge weapon to ouerthrow his doctrine layde in against vs: for thus he him self shal cut [h] is owne throte, condemne and confute his owne sayengs.

1579 J. Harmar tr. J. Calvin Serm. X. Commandementes x. f. 74^v Whereas rich men thinke that they haue made great gaine by the losse of an other, let vs knowe that they haue cutte the throte of poore men.

1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 111 That..cuts the throat of your solution.

1685 Duke of Buckingham Short Disc. Reasonableness Men's Relig. 21 Perpetually quarrelling amongst themselves, and cutting one another's Throats.

a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 7 This interlocutor..knocked his cause..in the head, and cutted its throat.

1787 J. Wesley Let. 21 Apr. (1931) VII. 380 This is very likely to be done by his still preaching too loud or too long, which is a sure way of cutting his own throat.

1824 L. Stanhope Greece 15 Generals..who cut their own throats by word of command.

1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 197 Here is a low political economy plotting to cut the throat of foreign competition.

1909 Eton College Chron. 18 Mar. 450/2 He has cut his own throat by letting fanaticism get the better of him.

1960 Times 15 Mar. 4/4 The larger farming members coming into egg production were cutting the throats of the small producers.

2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. c10 Brutal competition from competitors cutting one another's throats on business fares.

(a) to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat: to have or obtain power over, to dominate; to have in one's power, assert one's will over; to have or take firm control of.In later use in sporting contexts probably influenced by to have the game by the throat at Phrases 3b(b), referring to dominance in a sporting contest or competition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] > violently

to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat1578

1578 W. Gace tr. M. Luther Special & Chosen Serm. 450 If sinne come, and woulde haue thee by the throte, sende it vnto Christ.

1630 A. Cade Iustification Church of Eng. ii. i. §4 197 Vnder the papacy was the Church and Flocke of Christ, but gouerned, partly by hirelings, partly by wolues, and that Antichrist held it by the throat.

1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France iii. 840 The said Duke..held the City of Aix by the throat, as he did the Count de Carces, and the Parliament.

1704 B. Kennet tr. B. Pascal Thoughts Relig. 200 All the numerous Miseries..which seize us, and hold us by the Throat.

1874 S. J. Watson Constit. Hist. Canada xxii. 128 The Legislative Councils, nominated by the Crown, held the Legislative Assemblies by the throat.

1883 Continent 26 Sept. 391/2 Seize opportunity by the throat.

1933 Mansfield (Ohio) News 14 Jan. 6/2 At 47, I did not have so many active years ahead. If I wanted adventure, I must seize life by the throat.

1972 Times 26 Apr. 5/3 The Opposition's belief that it has the Government by the throat and must strike now.

1980 Observer 17 Feb. 31/1 Villa had the game by the throat for almost all of the afternoon.

1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Sept. e1 At 4–4, neither player seemed to want to grab the match by the throat.

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 7 June (Review section) 11 Grabbing an audience by the throat and giving them no choice but to keep reading.

(b) Chiefly Australian colloquial in later use. to have the game by the throat: to be in control of a situation; to be in a dominant position. Similarly to have it by the throat. Now rare except as merged in Phrases 3b(a).Originally probably a hunting image with reference to game animals (cf. game n. 17a); this association may later have been lost (see the note at Phrases 3b(a)).

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1900 New Castle (Pa.) News 31 Oct. 7/2 The newspapers have the game by the throat.

1926 Call 30 Apr. 6/5 Hanson on paper appears to have the ‘game by the throat’ in this small field.

1947 J. Morrison Sailors belong Ships 15 We're sailors, see? Two sailors. We got the game by the throat.

1960 R. Tullipan Follow the Sun 105 ‘Think we'll get it done to-day?’ ‘Can't miss... We have it by the throat now all right.’

1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 June 13 As IBM has just sold its two millionth PS/2 computer, it would indeed appear that it has the game by the throat.

c. to be at each other's (also one another's) throats : to fight or quarrel angrily.

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1844 Med. Times 4 May 93/1 The two divisions of legislative Solomons who honour this august nation, are at each other's throats on the dispute.

1919 Washington Post 28 Sept. es 4/2 Two Republican factions were at each other's throats.

1926 Edinb. Rev. Dec. 36 They would be at each other's throats before the end of the year!

1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home i. i. 21 ‘The old fellow's gone at last.’ ‘You don't say.’ ‘Yes, and a hard fight he made of it, they say, with the sons hardly waiting for him to go before they were at one another's throats over who was to have his leavings.’

1978 I. B. Singer Shosha 265 The women are at each other's throats.

2015 Guardian (Nexis) 29 July By three o'clock on Friday morning they were all at one another's throats in an unseemly quarrel.

d. to go for the throat and variants: to launch an aggressive or ruthless attack on an adversary; to target an adversary's weakest or most vulnerable point.

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1869 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 6 Apr. The radicals yesterday helped to slaughter their own men, the Allison men going for the throat of Morhiser.

1905 Times 6 May 15/5 The most outspoken partisanship, urging upon the Society, ‘to go for the throat of the Secretary to the Board of Trade and bring him to his senses’.

1955 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Trib. 22 Oct. 16/2 Israel will ‘go for the throat’ of surrounding Arab nations.

1985 G. Benford Artifact vi. iv. 430 Yeah, ol' Carmody doesn't wimp out on you. He goes straight for the throat.

2006 D. Trussoni Falling through Earth (2007) iv. 64 My uncles..had no sense of diplomacy. They went for the throat.

P4. Other phrases.

a. to clear one's throat: to clear phlegm from the throat by coughing or hawking, esp. before speaking or singing; to cough slightly before speaking so as to speak more clearly, to attract attention, or to delay speaking when hesitant. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. throat-clearing n. and adj. at Compounds 6.

ΚΠ

1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. B.iij^v I selly soule..Gan cleere my throte, and straue to sing my best.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L3^v One spreads his armes, cleares his throate, as who should say, attend, attend, for now hee speakes, whose conclusions are vnanswerable.

1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote IV. lxvi. 447 He cough'd and clear'd his Throat, and then with a voice somewhat hoarse..sung the following Song.

1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 397 Mrs. Hawkey is..clearing her throat for a long talk, myself settled down..for a long listen.

1872 Daily News 7 Aug. 6/2 The crowd was just clearing its throat for applause.

1892 W. H. Hudson Naturalist in La Plata xx. 307 The violent hawking of a man clearing his throat.

1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 19 May 33/5 Ireland has been clearing its throat for years and making other subdued noises to attract the attention of the British law-makers.

1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius i. i. 7 The husband cleared his throat, stalling for time in which to think of a polite response.

2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 Aug. 5 She got to her feet, cleared her throat and began singing.

b. to jump down a person's throat: to respond to a person with excessive alacrity or eagerness; spec. (a) (in early use) to be overly attentive or favourable to; to be excessively eager to accept an invitation or proposal from a person; (b) (now usually) to respond immediately in an angrily critical or contradictory manner; to reply sharply or brusquely to a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively

crownc1175

overpraisea1387

overhighc1400

bedaub1581

superexalt1610

to speak a person fara1616

allaud1621

rave1621

stellify1628

beatifya1677

bepraise1774

to jump down a person's throat1809

rapturize1822

belauda1849

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > be excessively attentive

to jump down a person's throat1809

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > propose marriage [verb (intransitive)] > accept with alacrity

to jump down a person's throat1809

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)]

reprovec1330

sniba1400

reprehend?a1439

expostulate1574

to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584

give it1594

reprimand1681

to pin a person's ears back1861

yell1886

to jump down a person's throat1916

to chew (a person's) ass1946

to slap (a person) down1960

1809 ‘Gabrielli’ Langhton Priory IV. i. 13 It was a fine thing to be a Lord... Every pretty girl was ready to jump down their throat.

1830 G. C. Mundy Pen & Pencil Sketches (1832) II. v. 290 I found..the whole collective faculty ready to jump down the throat of the rash sceptic venturing to broach his old-fashioned, exploded..Indian notions!

1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 141/2 What a deuced idiot I was to imagine that that girl was so ready to jump down my throat.

1871 Monthly Packet Sept. 287 The small boat held only three... ‘Just as well,’ Hugh said... ‘We don't want all to jump down her throat in a moment.’

1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize xi. 215 He simply jumped down my throat the other day in your defence.

1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. vii. 88 There's no need to jump down my throat. I was only trying to be helpful.

2000 Observer 18 June (Business section) 16/5 Have someone who will tell you your ideas are mad. And don't jump down their throat when you disagree with them.

c. to stick in the throat: see stick v.¹ 26b, stick v.¹ 26c.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or affecting the throat’, as throat pain, throat surgery, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately.

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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 345 The swelling Throat-ache, th' Epilepsie sad.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 To omit the hioides or throat-bone of animals.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 340 The vociferous Stentor..the most illustrious Throat-performer, or herald of antiquity.

1867 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 128 The throat-spasms entirely ceased.

1885 Med. Press & Circular 18 Mar. 247/1 The prominent laryngologist of New York, Dr. Louis Eisberg,..was the author..of numerous essays on throat surgery.

1943 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 453/2 One immediate effect noticed at hospital and dispensary was the relief of throat pain.

1976 M. Palin Diary 17 Feb. in Python Years (2006) 291 Afternoon visit to..the showbiz throat specialist.

2015 Salisbury Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Aug. Next time the person eats red meat they can suffer an allergic reaction that includes itching, burning and even throat swelling.

throat cancer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in throat

throat cancer1843

odynophagia1880

1843 Amer. Agriculturist 16 Oct. 245/2 A diseased cow..with a sort of throat-cancer, or bronchitis, which could not be cured.

1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Oct. 1149/1 The exact anatomical relations of the sites of origin of non-intrinsic throat cancer in the soft tissues with reference to adjacent and opposed hard structures.

2016 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 14 Feb. 37 Wylie, 60, has terminal throat cancer and was told in January he has just weeks to live.

throat infection n.

ΚΠ

1863 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 20 Feb. Increased mortality in the nursery department had been caused by a severe epidemic of chest and throat infections.

1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 788/1 An elder brother died at 14 months of age following streptococcal throat infection that ‘went to his heart.’

2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. 8 Clementine came back from the seaside with a throat infection.

throat disease n.

ΚΠ

1822 Statesman 21 Nov. Th' horse belonged to Sills when it was yare, But now, poor beast has got a throat disease.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 750 The so-called ‘lithæmic diathesis’ is a much more frequent cause of throat-disease than is generally believed.

2009 M. E. Heller & L. M. Veach Clin. Med. Assisting vi. 116/1 Hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing, history of goiter, tobacco use, or history of throat disease?

throat muscle n.

ΚΠ

1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Of Musculary Motion in Five Treat. 36 This is evidently discerned in the Masseter or Throat-muscle, the Deltoid, and divers others.

1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 195 The throat-muscles: through the broad thin muscle in front (mylo-hyoid) is seen the hypoglossal nerve.

2003 Marie Claire Dec. 374/1 You get less vital rapid-eye-movement sleep and, because your throat muscles relax, it [sc. alcohol before bedtime] can cause snoring and sleep apnoea.

C2. attributive, with the sense ‘worn on, around, or near the throat’, as throat button, throat cloth, throat hasp, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neckerchief

neckerchiefc1384

kerchiefc1400

neckercher1466

neckinger1573

napkin1590

neckcloth1598

neck-handkerchief1642

squeeze clout1795

throat cloth1871

1759 T. Turner Diary 8 Sept. (1984) (modernized text) 189 6 throat hasps 1s 1½d.

1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Dec. 2 He invariably wore a white throat-cloth or neckerchief.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxiv. 100 One button was missing between the upper or throat button and the third.

1921 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. 14/6 The only ornament worn while here was the diamond throat clasp presented by her husband on Christmas.

1951 Manch. Guardian 28 Mar. 3/2 In one tailored dress...the white throat bow ties up with a shiny white belt and white, wash-leather gloves.

1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 3 Wearing a black wig, stockings, skirt, and throat scarf.

C3. attributive, designating markings and other distinctive features on the throats of animals.

throat bar n.

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1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 318 Throat-bar black.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 180 Chuck-will's-widow..a whitish throatbar.

2015 T. K. Pratt & B. M. Beehler Birds New Guinea (ed. 2) 158 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus... Adult has black throat bar.

throat feather n.

ΚΠ

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 684 The tips of some of the throat feathers silky.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 162 Ravens, with throat-feathers acute, lengthened, disconnected.

2013 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 1 May 14 Look out for the common whitethroat singing lustily from a hedge top with its white throat feathers puffed out.

throat fringe n.

ΚΠ

1865 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 15 350 Throat-fringe elongate, covered with acute scales.

1896 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 Dec. 932 The narrowness and banded coloration of the throat-fringe must likewise be noted.

2002 H. Schütze Field Guide Mammals Kruger Nat. Park 44 The mane, beard, muzzle, throat fringe and horse-like tail are black.

throat patch n.

ΚΠ

1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Humming-birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. I) I. 105 The gorget or throat-patch is of a brilliant golden-yellow, reflected with green.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 195 Young birds lack..the crimson throat-patch.

2013 D. J. Fairbairn Odd Couples xi. 180 Male side-blotched lizards energetically display their brightly colored throat patches to establish dominance in their reproductive hierarchy.

throat wattle n.

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1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 96 The Balearic Cranes have large open nostrils, naked cheeks, and throat-wattles.

1875 Zoologist 10 4686 It [sc. a species of cassowary] has but one medial throat-wattle, whence it has been named ‘uniappendiculatus’.

2002 S. Madge & P. McGowan Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse 292 Genus Gallus: junglefowls... Cocks have a prominent fleshy coronal comb, throat wattles and ear lappets.

C4. Nautical. attributive, with the sense ‘of or relating to the throat of a sail or gaff’, as throat bolt, throat brail, throat cringle, throat downhaul, throat halyard, throat lashing. Cf. sense 9c.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [adjective]

throat1769

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for raising or lowering gaff

peak halyard1728

throat halyard1769

peak downhaul1825

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails

wyning1295

brailsa1450

clew-garnet1626

furling-line1626

buntline1627

clew-line1627

slabline1647

peak-brail1711

throat brail1769

buntline-span1882

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > fittings on mast for affixing rigging

funnel1694

throat bolt1805

futtock-staff1841

necklace1860

truss-hoop1867

tumbler1867

futtock-hoop1874

bale-band1891

truss-band1909

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Pp^v The ropes employed to hoist up, and lower a gaff,..are called the throat and peek haliards.

1773 J. Stevenson Narr. Proc. between W. Hunt & J. Stevenson 108 The Throat-brails [printed Throat-bails] of the Mizen split the Sail.

1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 245 Place the holes alternately on each edge, and the throat-bolts in the side arm of the hanging knees as high as possible.

1839 W. J. Neale Flying Dutchman I. xvi. 225 Hands by the vang and throat downhaul.

1841 B. J. Totten Naval Text-bk. 2 The..throat-lashing should be of well stretched rope.

1895 Outing 26 47/1 To bend a mainsail, shackle the throat cringle to the eyebolt under the jaws of the gaff [etc.].

1901 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Encycl. (rev. ed.) 247 Throat Bolt, the metal eye-bolt in the throat of the gaff to which the lower throat haliard block is hooked.

1918 W. J. Thompson Wooden Shipbuilding ii. i. 166 Throat Brail, the rope which gathers a brailing sail up and into the throat of the gaff.

1942 V. R. Grimwood Amer. Ship Models iii. 71 Its [sc. the mainsail's] forward end is made fast at the forward or throat cringle in the head of the sail.

2005 M. McCarthy Ships' Fastenings vi. 75 (in figure) Throat Bolt.

C5. Objective and locative, as throat-clutching, throat-slitting; throat-swollen adj., etc.

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a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) x. 191 Nero did..ne're contract With one throat-swoln, gor-bellied, or crump-back'd.

1846 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 547 As to homicide,—if by that phrase you mean throat-slitting,—why, my belief is..there is not a man who would by the hands of others do it more unscrupulously than yourself.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xv. 218 He felt that threats of throat-cutting were not the best means of smoothing and conciliating.

1924 Times 18 July 15/4 There may not be..any single moment of quite such writing, throat-clutching silence as that of waiting for the start of a quarter between two mighty rivals.

1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. i. 9 Ragged, throat-slitting Highlanders, lusting for elbow-room and still singing hotly of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

2014 R. Edwards Naming Jack the Ripper iv. 81 Some experts believe that she actually had a heart attack before the throat slashing.

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† throat brisk n. Obsolete rare the part of the brisket of an animal nearest the throat.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > breast

breastOE

throat brisk?1614

?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iii. 44 Apart flew either Thie; That with the fat they dubd, with art alone; The throte-briske, and the sweet-bread pricking on.

throat-catching adj. causing the breath or voice to seem to catch in the throat; producing a sensation of tightness or pressure in the throat, esp. as a result of strong emotion; characterized by this.

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1889 London Story Paper 4 May 8/3 Her story grief had worn out its violence and subsided into that hysterical throat-catching state you wot of.

1901 Musical Times Jan. 42/2 The curious throat-catching staccato effects in the runs [sc. in a solo from Monteverde's opera Orfeo] were well shown by Mr. Frank Pownall.

1920 C. Wood Mountain iii. 146 The beauty of the night was throat-catching.

2009 Financial Times 26 Sept. 23/4 A small scene of him and other limbless men playing a kind of group tennis was at once inspiring and throat-catching.

throat chain n. (a) a chain placed at or around the throat of a person or animal; (b) Whaling a chain passed through the throat and tongue of a whale and used to hoist the head or throat on board ship in order for the flesh or baleen to be removed from the carcass (now historical).

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1864 J. H. Ingraham Throne of David xviii. 575 The throat chain of the helmet nearly suffocated him.

1903 Fabrics, Fancy Goods & Notions Aug. 12/1 Some of the throat chains that fit close around the neck are seen in turquoise and coral.

1909 Pacific Dairy Rev. 20 May 20/3 Throat chains prevent cows from lying down when milking.

1984 T. G. Lytle Harpoons & Other Whalecraft vii. 139 Two types of throat spades..were used to cut long passages in the head for the head strap or throat chain, and both were used to remove the baleen, or bone..from baleen whales.

2012 E. Blue Doing Time in Depression i. 22 He threaded the long throat chain through the whole line of prisoners.

† throat-chain toggle n. Whaling Obsolete a toggle securing a throat chain (throat chain n. (b)); cf. throat-toggle n.

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1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. iii. iii. 235 With a spade, a hole is made though both the throat and tongue, when the throat-chain toggle is inserted.

1914 Cent. Dict. IX. (rev. ed.) 6312/2 Throat-chain toggle, a stout rounded piece of wood used to pass through the bight of the toggle-chain to hold it to the throat of a bow-head whale.

throat-clearing n. and adj. (a) n. the action or an act of clearing or trying to clear phlegm from the throat by coughing or hawking, or of coughing slightly before speaking so as to speak more clearly, to attract attention, or to delay speaking when hesitant; also figurative; (b) adj. of, relating to, or characterized by this.

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1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. v. 78 A vast deal of throat-clearing, face-stroking, and aukward hesitation.

1841 Musical World 241 15 Apr. The singers make their final throat-clearing ahem!

1909 W. De Morgan It Never Can Happen Again ix. 145 He did not improve this by beginning, in a throat-clearing, gasping way.., ‘I say, Missis’.

1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water iv. 80 Tremendous expectorations and shattering throat-clearings.

2008 New Yorker 14 Jan. 56/1 His laugh was followed by an explosive, throat-clearing cough.

2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. 16 The plot has been elbowed aside and put off for an awful lot of throat-clearing and scene-setting.

throat clutch n. now rare a tightening or closing up of the throat during speaking, brought on by emotion, tension, or excessive effort.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > guttural or faucal

throat letter1602

guttural1708

throat clutch1881

faucal1883

1881 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 28 Feb. The whelming hate that voiced itself..in the throat-clutch and semi-strangulation.

1895 F. Osgood in Forum (N.Y.) June 507 Nerve-strain tends to the prevalence of the high vocal pitch and to the American fault—the throat-clutch.

1913 L. P. Jacks All Men are Ghosts iii. 237 Years of lecturing on Systematic Theology had considerably damaged his vocal apparatus. He had developed a throat-clutch.

1992 D. Lang Secrets of Charisma iv. 81 The Throat Clutch. One of the most common difficulties people report is that their throats close up or tighten.

throat deafness n. now historical hearing impairment associated with or attributed to abnormality of the Eustachian tube.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > [noun] > deafness > types of deafness

throat deafness1840

nerve deafness1886

surdism1898

1840 Med. Times 5 Dec. 113/1 Throat-deafness had hitherto scarcely arrested the notice of general practitioners.

1902 Lancet 1 Nov. 1187/2 The form of deafness to which this article refers is that popularly known as ‘throat deafness’ and to the medical profession as ‘chronic dry catarrh of the middle ear’. It is generally believed to be due to stenosis of the Eustachian tube.

2014 M. Honigsbaum Hist. Great Influenza Pandemics v. 164 In January 1890, following the outbreak of Russian influenza, the list of diseases is extended to include asthma, hay fever, neuralgia and ‘throat deafness’.

throat distemper n. chiefly U.S. (now historical) a disease characterized by swelling and ulceration of the throat, fever, and rash, occurring in several epidemics, mainly in New England, in the 18th cent., and having a significant mortality rate, esp. in children.It is generally believed that this disease may have been diphtheria or scarlet fever.

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1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 1 This Distemper did emerge 20th. May, 1735, in Kingston Township 50 Miles Eastward from Boston... It was vulgarly called the Throat Illness, or a Plague in the Throat.]

1738 Boston (Mass.) Gaz. 6 May 3/2 The Throat Distemper, so called, still continues in the Eastern Parts of this Province, and has proved mortal to many of the younger sort.

1836 W. A. Alcott Moral Reformer II. 145 Why, it will cure ‘Throat Distemper or Malignant, Putrid, Ulcerated Sore Throat, Scarlet Fever, Canker Rash, (we should like to know the difference between Canker Rash and one or two of the diseases previously mentioned,) [etc.]’.

1968 Amer. Q. 20 627 (note) Epidemics of smallpox and ‘throat distemper’ occurred in these years.

2001 G. C. Kohn Encycl. Plague & Pestilence (rev. ed.) 234/2 At the time physicians did not understand fully how the ‘throat distemper’ was transmitted.

throat flap n. (a) the epiglottis (rare); (b) an erectile fold of skin (dewlap) on the throat of a lizard.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of neck or throat

ringbonec1400

ring?a1425

lavell1530

epiglot1547

flap?1550

weezle1594

cricoid1615

epiglottis1615

over-tongue1615

ring-gristle1615

shield-gristle1615

throat stopper1661

guggle1680

throat flap1683

ring cartilage1690

fillet1693

thyroid cartilage1726

thyroid1840

arytenoid1849

shield-cartilage1881

triticeous cartilage or nodule1891

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iv. x. 165 The Epiglottis or Throat-flap, that covers the chink of the Larynx has no discernible Muscles in Man, nor I believe in the Horse.

1795 J. Carroll Amer. Criterion Eng. Lang. 88 Epi, which signifies..after; as epiglottis, the aftertongue, or throat-flap.

1950 H. M. Smith Handbk. Amphibians & Reptiles Kansas 159 Anolis carolinensis... No longitudinal throat flap.

1993 M. M. Iwu Handbk. Afr. Medicinal Plants v. 337 The surgeons in Bafuleroland are renowned for their precision in cutting off the upper end of the throat flap (epiglottis) for the treatment of a variety of illnesses.

2010 Evolution 64 2733/1 Anoles are primarily arboreal lizards distinguished by their adhesive toepads, extensible throat flap (the dewlap), and remarkable range of diversity in both size and shape.

† throat-full adj. Obsolete full to the throat; very full; also figurative.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated

full of foodOE

surfeitousc1390

repletea1400

satiate1440

fulsome1447

overfed1579

surfeited1584

gorged1594

overgorged1607

gluttoneda1658

saturated1658

throat-full1681

quat?c1730

stalled1740

englutted1814

cloyed1830

stodged1873

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim

brerd-fullc1000

bret-fullc1200

staff-fulla1400

chock-fullc1440

brimful1530

brink-full1553

top-full1553

brim-charged1582

bankfullc1600

crowned1603

full-brimmed1614

brimmed1624

teemful1673

brimming1697

stock-full1782

throat-fulla1800

jam-full1835

cram-full1837

stodge-full1847

chockc1850

top-filled1860

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 475/1 To dine, or eat till he be throatfull.

a1800 W. Cowper On Receipt of Hamper in Poet. Wks. (1845) 489 Next a bottle green Throat-full, clear spirits the contents.

1865 Athenæum 8 July 39/2 It [sc. the book] is throat-full of gossip.

1903 A. Bierce Shapes of Clay 277 Heavenly Powers, Feed him throat-full: for what the beggar writes Upon his empty stomach empties ours!

throat jaws n. †(a) horny jaw-like structures in the pharynx of a nereid worm, used for grasping prey (obsolete rare); (b) tooth-bearing bones of the branchial arch, found in the pharynx of many fishes.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > jaw-like pharyngeal bones

throat jaws1854

1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 July 36/2 I was surprised to observe..how firmly the throat-jaws held the piece when it would not yield.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. §18. 318 Moving those ‘throat-jaws’, the pharyngeal bones, which exist in so many of the lowest Vertebrate class.

2001 S. T. Ross et al. Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 423/2 To accommodate this unique feeding pattern, both the bones of the pharyngeal jaws (throat jaws) are enlarged, as are the muscles responsible for the crushing movement.

throat letter n. now rare a guttural consonant or other speech sound; cf. guttural adj. 2.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > guttural or faucal

throat letter1602

guttural1708

throat clutch1881

faucal1883

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 55 The Cornish is more easie to bee pronounced, and not so vnpleasing in sound, with throat letters, as the Welsh.

1847 Proc. Philol. Soc. (1848) 3 116 A similar interchange between lip and throat letters.

1908 Westm. Rev. Mar. 328 In the primitive language from which English as well as Latin and Greek are derived, the first letter of ‘hand’ was not an aspirate but a guttural or throat-letter.

2001 S. I. Sara in C. W. Kreidler Phonol. ii. 22 This is a feature that distinguishes a certain group of letters from the throat letters.

throat lozenge n. a lozenge used to treat a cough or soothe a sore throat.

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1860 Boston Herald 11 Feb. (advt.) Weston's Throat Lozenges—A sure remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, [etc.]

1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxiii. 195 Owing to its oxidizing power, it [sc. potassium chlorate] is a germicide and is used for making throat lozenges.

2015 Guardian (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 13 May 13 To soothe a sore throat and cough, try..sucking on an ice cube or a throat lozenge.

throat mane n. a growth of relatively long hair on the front of an animal's neck.

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the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (part of) hair > in specific place

hair-ball1712

throat mane1892

1892 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 388 Certainly several Kilima-njaro heads that I have seen have white throat-manes, while the South-African specimens have black ones.

1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 213 Mountain caribou... Neck greyish brown with a small white throat mane.

2007 E. C. Mungall Exotic Animal Field Guide 107/1 Pére David's Deer... In winter, males grow shaggy throat mane.

throat microphone n. a microphone of a type typically used to pick up speech in noisy environments, having a sensor or sensors attached to a speaker's throat which convert vibrations from the larynx into electrical signals; cf. throat mike n.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > microphone

carbon transmitter1878

microphone1878

carbon microphone1879

pantelephone1881

phonoscope1890

mike1911

condenser microphone1921

magnetophone1922

radio microphone1922

ionophone1924

crystal microphone1925

ribbon microphone1925

radio mike1926

laryngophone1927

velocity microphone1931

ribbon mike1933

pressure microphone1934

bug1936

eight ball1937

ribbon1937

throat microphone1937

throat mike1937

rifle microphone1938

parabolic microphone1939

lip microphone1941

intercept1942

spike mike1950

spy-mike1955

spy-microphone1960

mic1961

rifle mike1961

gun microphone1962

spike microphone1962

shotgun microphone1968

Lavallière1972

wire1973

sneaky1974

multi-mikes1990

1937 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. xx. 4/2 One of the most interesting developments of the past few months has been the development of a throat microphone for pilots.

1972 K. Benton Spy in Chancery i. 13 He began to talk quietly through his throat microphone, which connected with a transmitter in his pocket.

2005 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Dec. Throat microphones will be used at noisy sports events.

throat mike n. = throat microphone n.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > microphone

carbon transmitter1878

microphone1878

carbon microphone1879

pantelephone1881

phonoscope1890

mike1911

condenser microphone1921

magnetophone1922

radio microphone1922

ionophone1924

crystal microphone1925

ribbon microphone1925

radio mike1926

laryngophone1927

velocity microphone1931

ribbon mike1933

pressure microphone1934

bug1936

eight ball1937

ribbon1937

throat microphone1937

throat mike1937

rifle microphone1938

parabolic microphone1939

lip microphone1941

intercept1942

spike mike1950

spy-mike1955

spy-microphone1960

mic1961

rifle mike1961

gun microphone1962

spike microphone1962

shotgun microphone1968

Lavallière1972

wire1973

sneaky1974

multi-mikes1990

1937 Pop. Mech. Mag. Dec. 846/2 Designed to reduce hazards of present large-size hand microphones, a small throat ‘mike’ for pilots is under test.

1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise xvi. 170 The sensitive throat-mike would pick up the vibration of his vocal chords and relay them.

2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 June (Personal Tech. section) 5 Wearing a throat mike makes you look like a black ops tough guy.

throat pipe n. (a) the trachea (windpipe) or the oesophagus (cf. sense 2a) (now rare); †(b) the pipe in a steam engine which carries steam from the boiler to the cylinder (obsolete).

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages > wind-pipe

arberc1330

stroup1338

arterya1398

string1398

weasand1398

tracheac1400

thrapple?c1425

throat-goll1530

windpipe1530

weezle1538

weasand-pipe1544

throat pipe?1559

lung-pipe1562

whistlea1625

weezle-pipe1632

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts

fire door1765

hand gear1805

throat pipe1824

cataract1832

cut-off1849

coil1852

pot-lid1856

main centre1858

trunk1859

piston sleeve1872

?1559 Interiorum Corporis Humani Partium (verso first leaf) E Signifieth the throte pype, called in Laten Gula, & interior Collifistula.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 185 The inhabitants of this region haue the balles of their throat-pipes very great.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 29 She..stab'd her husband..in the face, thinking to strike him in the throat-pipes.

1744 J. D. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. 475 The Regulator is open, as appears by its Plate..being remov'd from under the Communication or Throat-Pipe..that goes into the cylinder.

1758 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 2) xiii. 230 BB the boiler 12 feet diameter, which communicates with the cylinder, by the hole 2, and throat pipe E, 6 or 8 inches diameter.

1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 72 The regulator valve [the ‘throttle’], which opens or shuts the communication between the cylinder and boiler by the throat-pipe.

2005 S. Schlosberg & L. Neporent Fitness for Dummies (ed. 3) viii. 113 To use the neck method [of taking your pulse], place your index and middle fingers..in the groove on either side of your throat pipe.

throat pit n. now rare a triangular depression at the base of the throat; the suprasternal notch.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > front of neck > hollow at

throat pit1577

salt cellar1870

1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Ioyfull Newes i. f. 29 Lette hym take the Yolke of an Egge rosted hot..and put into a course Linen Clothe, and so rounde let hym put it into the Throate Pitte [Sp. hoyo de la garganta].

a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 5 Some are so curious as to observe the depth of the Throat-pit.

1864 E. M. Hale New Remedies 365 Cough excited by pressure on throat pit.

2015 S. Sturgess Supreme Art & Sci. Rāja & Kriyā Yoga iv. 153 Viśuddha is located in the cervical plexus directly behind the throat pit.

throat pouch n. any of various distensible or erectile structures located on or within the throat of certain animals (including birds, lizards, frogs, etc.), serving purposes such as the storage or acquisition of food, the enhancement of vocalizations, and sexual display; cf. throat sac n. and throat flap n. (b).

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > throat-pouch

throat pouch1819

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXI. at Lizard The horned guana is a variety of the iguana, and is nearly the same in size and general proportions... It wants, however, the throat pouch.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xii. 33 In the genus Sitana, the males alone are furnished with a large throat-pouch.

1954 Sci. News Let. 17 Apr. 242/3 The mouthbreeder, Tilapia macrocephala, protects his offspring from predatory fishes and bacteria by churning them around and around in his throat pouch.

1983 Copeia 6 May 304/2 The male throat pouch, a secondary sex characteristic indicating sexual maturity, begins to develop in some cricket frogs in Oct.

2006 Field Guide Birds N. Amer. (National Geographic Soc.) (ed. 5) 104 Smaller Double-crested Cormorant has orange throat pouch.

throat register n. Music (a) the middle register of the voice, below the head voice (head voice n.), now usually considered to constitute the upper part of the chest voice; (b) the second-lowest register of the clarinet, extending from written G above middle C to the B flat above this.

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1854 J. Winebrenner Seraphina 13/2 The larynx register (improperly called by some throat register) begins at F, and sometimes at E.

1888 A. A. Clappé Band Teacher's Assistant i. 34 The throat register is the weakest part of the tone of a clarionet.

1948 Music Educators Jrnl. 35 27/1 A very stiff reed tends to sharpen the pitch, especially in the throat register.

1989 Music Anal. 8 156 The opening section lies more or less in the so-called ‘throat’ register.

2009 S. Rye Your Voice is your Calling Card viii. 87 Resonance can be felt in the upper chest and throat (hence some coaches refer to this as the upper chest voice or the throat register).

throat ring n. †(a) a ring worn round the neck for ornamentation (obsolete rare); (b) Anatomy a ring of tonsils and smaller aggregates of lymphoid tissue surrounding the opening of the throat; = Waldeyer's ring n. at Waldeyer n. (rare). [In sense (b) after German Rachenring (1884).]

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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glands of throat

throat ring1836

Waldeyer's ring1896

1836 A. F. Gardiner Narr. Journey Zoolu Country 105 The metal is molten, and..run into bars for forming throat rings and armlets.

1903 Med. Record 7 Feb. 228 The various lymphatic structures in Waldeyer's so-called lymphatic throat ring.

2006 M. E. Gerber & R. T. Cotton in B. J. Bailey et al. Head & Neck Surg.—Otolaryngol. I. (ed. 4) xcviii. 1361/1 Radiographic studies usually include computed tomography (CT) of the chest and neck to include the Waldeyer throat ring.

† throat room n. Obsolete opportunity to speak or shout.Apparently an isolated use.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > room for shouting

throat room1843

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xii. 279 Let me have elbow-room, throat-room, and I will not fail!

throat root n. U.S. (now historical) any of various species of avens (genus Geum) used in the treatment of sore throats, esp. water avens, Geum rivale, and Geum virginianum (native to North America and having small whitish flowers).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > avens or herb bennet

avensc1250

herb benneta1475

geum1548

mountain avens1648

throat root1785

dryas1798

clove-root1866

1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 454 Water Avens. Throatroot. Cureall. Blossoms purplish. In boggy meadows.

1850 Ohio Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 2 109 Geum virginianum. Linn. Com. names—White Avens, Evan root, Avens, Chocolate root, Cure-all, Throat-root.

1920 Amer. Botanist 26 1122 The most important instance of this is Geum rivale which is known as ‘throatwort’, ‘throat root’ and ‘cureall’.

2007 D. Rayburn Let's get Nat. with Herbs 61 Avens..(Geum urbanum) Synonyms/Related Species: Bennet's Root, Blessed Herb.., Throat Root.

† throat rupture n. Obsolete a protuberant swelling in the neck, spec. a goitre.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > goitre

wen1530

strume1559

struma1565

Bavarian poke1621

goitre1625

bronchocele1657

throat rupture1662

strumosity1674

Derby neck1769

Derbyshire neck1802

tracheocele1828

Graves's disease1868

thyrocele1886

strumitis1889

1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) iii. 544/2 This tumor because in the throat, upon the rough Artery, because both are called Bronchi; and because it hath the same cause that Hernia or Rupture hath, is called Broncocele or throat Rupture [L. Bronchocelem seu Gutturis herniam].

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ii. 44 One called Blandin had his neck wonderfully swelled with the Throat-Rupture [L. Bronchocelen].

1756 J. Elphinston Anal. French & Eng. Langs. II. 16/2 Goître, throat-rupture.

throat sac n. a distensible pouch of skin in the throat of an animal, used esp. for catching prey (as in pelicans), display (as in certain birds), or vocalization (as in male frogs and some apes).Also called gular sac or (in frogs) vocal sac.

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1813 A. Fyfe Outl. Compar. Anat. ii. 204 There is also, in the Male Bustard, a Throat Sac under the Skin of the Neck.

1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. vi. 273 Darwin's Frog..represents a genus remarkable for the throat-sac of the males being enlarged and modified so as to form an extensive chamber on the under surface of the body in which the eggs and tadpoles undergo their development.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo vii. 125 The pendulous red pouch of the marabou's throat sac.

2002 Sci. Amer. June 62/1 The animal [sc. a male orangutan] has..a well-developed throat sac used for emitting loud cries known as long calls.

throat seizing n. Nautical a seizing (seizing n. 2b) differing from a round seizing (round seizing n. at round adj. Compounds 2a) chiefly in being used to bind together the crossed ends of a looped rope at the point where they cross in order to form an eye (eye n.¹ 13c) or strop (strop n.¹ 2a).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > seizing on

throat seizing1794

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 173 Throat-seizing is the first seizing clapt on where a rope, or ropes, cross each other.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Throat-seizing, in blocks, confines the hook and thimble in the strop home to the scores.

1947 H. Wyllie Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1948) 34 230 The throat and round seizings have to be constantly repassed in order to get the hearts and deadeyes turned in really snug after a pull has been got upon the lanyards.

2013 P. G. Tortora & I. Johnson Fairchild Bks. Dict. Textiles (8 ed.) 542 In throat seizing, the two ropes cross each other and are tied together.

throat slitter n. a person who or (occasionally) a thing which slits throats; esp. a murderer, an assassin; (also figurative) a person who engages in ruthless behaviour, typically in a competitive environment.

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1891 M. P. Negreponte Io & Other Verse 62 Centuries of throat-slitters, of cowards, and of brutes.

1968 S. Yurick Bag ix. 383 Dumping ground for unreachables, dropouts, dissenters, freakouts.., woozy con men and throatslitters.

1995 Times 13 July 16/5 Nobody ever says they want a nice lawyer. They say, ‘I want a barracuda. I want a real throat-slitter.’

2001 Food Engin. Sept. 49/2 The birds are still unconscious when they reach the automatic throat slitter.

2010 New Yorker 30 Aug. 53/2 The conservative operative Grover Norquist..is known for praising ‘throat slitters’ in politics.

throat spray n. a medicated liquid administered to the throat as a spray, esp. for the treatment of a sore throat or cough; (also) any of various devices for administering such a spray.

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1868 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. (end matter) (advt.) Vulcanised throat spray inhaler.

1870 Catal. Surg. Instruments & Apparatus (Coxeter & Son) 72 (heading) Trachea and laryngeal instruments, throat sprays, and inhalers.

1915 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 16 234 It is..safe as a throat spray or mouth wash.

1916 E. L. Coolidge Home Care of Sick Children ii. 73 The throat spray is a different kind of apparatus; usually it has a long metal or rubber nozzle.

2003 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 21/1 You may benefit from trying an interesting new throat spray..which is antioxidant and anti-inflammatory and also has antibacterial and antiviral actions.

† throat stopper n. Obsolete rare the epiglottis.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of neck or throat

ringbonec1400

ring?a1425

lavell1530

epiglot1547

flap?1550

weezle1594

cricoid1615

epiglottis1615

over-tongue1615

ring-gristle1615

shield-gristle1615

throat stopper1661

guggle1680

throat flap1683

ring cartilage1690

fillet1693

thyroid cartilage1726

thyroid1840

arytenoid1849

shield-cartilage1881

triticeous cartilage or nodule1891

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. b3^v The throat stopper is in none [sc. birds], yet they temper the motion so, that nothing may fall into the throat.

throat strap n. a strap passing under the throat of a horse or other animal, forming part of a halter, bridle, or harness; cf. throatlatch n. 1a.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of

headstallc1330

trench1480

stalk1497

musrol1551

head-strain?1561

water-chain?1561

throat band1585

cavesson1598

mullen1598

nose bit?a1600

front-stall1601

ampyx1607

chain1607

fillet1607

cheek-band1611

cheekpiece1611

noseband1611

throat thong1611

headpiece1678

throatlatch1693

headband1704

trenchefil1730

bridoon1744

banquet1753

head1756

cheek1795

throat strap1803

frontlet1805

throat-lash1805

cheekstrap1834

brow-band1844

nosepiece1865

shank1879

1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. I. 364 Halters are of two kinds; the one prepared of twisted hemp, the other made of leather, having head-stall, throat-straps and buckles.

1934 B. I. Buchanan Pioneer Days Natal 31 The straight yoke was placed across their necks and secured by the throat strap.

2006 Classical Philol. 101 351 The donkey wears a halter (no snaffle or bit), and we can also see the throat strap to which a yoke or baggage frame would be attached.

throat sweet n. a medicated lozenge or boiled sweet used to relieve a cough or soothe a sore throat; a cough drop.Cf. cough sweet n. at cough n. Additions.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > drop, lozenge, or comfit

comfit1334

pastille1451

table1580

confect1587

violet tables1620

sugar-pluma1668

plum1694

nonpareil1697

rose drop1727

lemon-drop1807

drop1818

jujube1835

pear drop1852

pandrop1877

conversation lozenge1905

cushion1906

fruit drop1907

1935 Chemist & Druggist 9 Nov. 4 ‘Mac’ Brand Antiseptic Throat Sweets have all the elements of a best seller. They look like sweets, they taste like sweets. Yet they contain..an antiseptic 250 times stronger than pure phenol.

2003 M. Ali Brick Lane viii. 198 A packet of throat sweets was lying crushed at the bottom of the bag. Nazneen pulled it out and held it up. ‘Look. Leaking honey.’

2021 @Blackbeards_TP 2 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Jan. 2022) Guys, don't eat a menthol throat sweet while you're wearing a face mask!! I think my eyes are melting.

throat sweetbread n. the thymus gland of an animal, esp. as used for food and esteemed a delicacy; also called neck sweetbread at sweetbread n.¹ 1.

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1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 160 The Throat Sweet-bread, and the Wind-pipe Sweet-bread, which is the finest.

1858 Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 460/1 Blanch some throat sweetbreads, and, when cold, cut them in slices.

1946 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. 24/3 The [thymus] gland consists of two parts, the throat sweetbreads and the heart sweetbreads, which are usually sold together as a pair.

2003 Independent 25 Oct. (Review section) 56/1 This stomach sweetbread (as opposed to the throat sweetbread we'd had in New York) was plump and sweet, with a delicate flavour.

† throat thong n. Obsolete = throatlatch n. 1a.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of

headstallc1330

trench1480

stalk1497

musrol1551

head-strain?1561

water-chain?1561

throat band1585

cavesson1598

mullen1598

nose bit?a1600

front-stall1601

ampyx1607

chain1607

fillet1607

cheek-band1611

cheekpiece1611

noseband1611

throat thong1611

headpiece1678

throatlatch1693

headband1704

trenchefil1730

bridoon1744

banquet1753

head1756

cheek1795

throat strap1803

frontlet1805

throat-lash1805

cheekstrap1834

brow-band1844

nosepiece1865

shank1879

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sousgorge d'une bride, the throat-thong, or throat-band of a bridle.

1885 J. W. Ozanne & H. Sachs tr. H. Stumm Russia in Central Asia vi. 322 The bit of the snaffle hangs, for the most part, under the horse's throat-thong, and the Cossack directs his horse almost entirely with the mouth, the feet, and, more than all,..whip.

† throat-toggle n. Whaling Obsolete = throat-chain toggle n.

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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > toggle securing throat-chain

throat-toggle1874

1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 232 The cutting gear..consists of toggles, spades, boarding and leaning knives,..throat-toggle, head axes, etc.

† throat vent n. Obsolete an outlet at the back of a coking oven which may be opened to allow smoke to escape and to cause oxygen to be drawn into the furnace.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > flues or parts of flues

boshes1686

worm1758

throat vent1839

take-down1850

baffler1861

trunnel-hole1868

velvet tree1875

baffle1881

throat1919

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 997 The throat-vents..are then left open.

throat wash n. a medicated liquid used for gargling.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the throat > gargles

gargarism1398

diamoronc1400

gargarise1541

gurgle1562

uvule1589

gargle1657

throat wash1851

1851 Graefenberg Man. Health (ed. 12) 273 The gargle..will be found suitable for almost all ordinary purposes requiring a throat wash.

1901 Lancet 2 Nov. 1203/1 The application of an antiseptic throat-wash.

2014 L. B. White et al. 500 Time-tested Home Remedies 473/1 Try gargling with a capful of straight Listerine for a throat wash (if you don't mind the sweeteners and alcohol).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2022).

单词	throat
释义	throatn. Brit. /θrəʊt/, U.S. /θroʊt/ Forms: early Old English ðrotae, early Old English ðrotę, Old English ðrotu, Old English (rare)–early Middle English þrota, Old English–early Middle English þrotu, Old English–early Middle English ðrote, Old English–Middle English þrote, Old English (in compounds)–1600s throt, early Middle English þrutu, Middle English thorche (transmission error), Middle English thorote, Middle English thorte, Middle English throght, Middle English throytt (northern), Middle English troht, Middle English trouthe (probably transmission error), Middle English þorte, Middle English þreote (south-west midlands), Middle English þrott, Middle English–1500s throthe, Middle English–1500s throtte, Middle English–1600s throate, Middle English–1600s throte, Middle English (1700s in a compound) thrott, 1500s throot, 1500s throote, 1500s– throat, 1600s throaght; English regional 1800s droat (Dorset), 1800s throit (Yorkshire), 1800s throoat (northern); U.S. regional 1800s th'oat (southern), 1800s thote, 1800s– thoat (southern), 1900s– throurt (Maine), 1900s– trophe (Pennsylvania); also Scottish pre-1700 throatt, pre-1700 throit, pre-1700 thrott, pre-1700 trot, pre-1700 1700s–1800s throt. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian throt- (in throtbolla Adam's apple: see throat-boll n.), Old High German drozza (Middle High German drozze , German †Drosse ), all in sense ‘throat’, and probably also with Old Icelandic þrútr snout, muzzle, mouth, Norwegian regional trūt , trot muzzle, snout, protruding mouth, spout, Swedish trut long nose, snout, Swedish regional trutt mouth of a bottle, Danish regional trut protruding mouth, apparently < the same Germanic base as Old English þrūtian , apparently ‘to strut, to threaten’, aþrūten swollen, Old Icelandic þrútna , to swell, puff up (with pride, anger, etc.), þrútinn swollen, Old Swedish thrutna to swell, thrutin swollen < the same Indo-European base as (showing movable s- ) strut v.¹Related words in Germanic languages. Compare Old Frisian strot- (in strotbolla Adam's apple), Middle Dutch strote (Dutch strot ), Old Saxon strota (Middle Low German strote , strotte ), Middle High German strozza , all in sense ‘throat’ < the Germanic base of strut v.¹, itself apparently < a variant (with movable s- ) of the same Indo-European base. The sense of this base appears to have been ‘to swell, protrude’; it was perhaps applied to the throat with reference to the Adam's apple (compare throat-boll n.). Inflection. In Old English both a strong feminine (þrotu ) and a weak feminine (þrote ); an apparent weak masculine (þrota ) is also rarely attested. Use in plant names. The word occurs in Old English as the second element in plant names, as æscþrote , apparently denoting vervain, alkanet or ground elder, and eoforþrote , probably denoting carline thistle. Perhaps compare later use with reference to plants in sense 11, although the motivation of the early names is unclear and disputed. I. Senses relating to the part of the body. 1. The front of a person's neck, beneath the lower jaw and above the collarbones; the corresponding part of the neck in other vertebrates. Also rarely: an analogous part in insects.Sometimes used more generally to refer to the neck as a whole, esp. in phrases such as hang by the throat, about the throat, round the throat, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > front of neck throatOE gorgea1400 gulac1400 weasandc1450 gowl1513 fore-crag1591 gorget-stead?1611 gulleta1684 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiv. 142 Iudas..hine sylfne aheng sona mid grine and rihtlice gewrað ða forwyrhtan ðrotan, seo ðe lytle ær belæwde drihten. OE Monasteriales Indicia (1996) xlv. 30 Ðonne þu gehwædne martirlogium habban wille, þonne wege þu þine hand and lege þinne scytefinger ofer þine þrotan and rær up þinne litlan finger. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Ðat is fæstned to an beom, & diden an scærp iren abuton þa mannes throte & his hals ðat he ne myhte nowiderwardes ne sitten ne lien. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 53 Ȝif þat blod of þara ceolan utwealle,..cnuca eall togadere and bynd þann þane clyþan uppa þa þrotan. a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 32 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 120 Wrmes sal ete mi [read þi] wite þrote for al þi riche parage. c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) 525 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 16 In þe þrote with a swerd he smot þe suete rode. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 218 (MED) Þow schelt ben hanged be þe þrote. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 14 Þet bodi of þe beste wes ase lipard, þe uet weren of bere, þe þrote of lioun. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5942 He ne had noiþere nekk ne þrote—His heued was in his body yshote. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1600 Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cj His [sc. an elephant's] mouth is vnder his throte. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 142 Thay schot gude Manfrild in athort the throit. 1603 J. Hind Mirrour Worldly Fame ii, in Harleian Misc. (1811) VIII. 37 Thy cheeks and fair forehead shall be full of wrinkles..; thy throat shall be rumpled. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 127 He that hath the hilt in his hand in the morning, may have the point at his throat ere night. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 221 His Throat sticking out like a Wen. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 97 The yellow and black pie of Catesby, is a very docile bird, and has the throat covered with hair. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 367 External Anatomy of Insects... 2. Jugulum (the Throat). That part of the subface that lies between the temples. 1844 A. Strickland Lives Queens Engl. VI. 299 About her throat is a carcanet of large round pearls, and rubies, and emeralds. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 156 The cold smote my naked throat bitterly. 1922 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 1921–2 24 236 Throat [of the moth Chloropaschia mennusalis] black; fore coxae white. 1944 L. Dickson West Land 102 André came in wearing a heavy mackinaw coat with a highly-coloured woolen scarf wound round his throat. 1984 D. Müller-Schwarze Behavior of Penguins 43 The two-month-old fledglings have..a white throat. 2012 J. Monninger Wish 179 I held the necklace up to my throat. 2. a. The passage leading from the back of the oral and nasal cavities to the oesophagus and trachea; the pharynx. Also: the upper part of the trachea (including the larynx) or of the oesophagus. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [noun] rakeeOE cudeOE weasanda1000 chelc1000 throatOE garget13.. gorgec1390 oesophagusa1398 meria1400 oesophagea1400 swallowa1400 cannelc1400 gull1412 channelc1425 halsec1440 gully1538 encla?1541 stomach?1541 lane1542 weasand-pipe1544 throttlea1547 meat-pipe1553 gargil1558 guttur1562 cropc1580 gurgulio1630 gule1659 gutter lane1684 red lane1701 swallow-pipe1786 neck1818 gullet-pipe1837 foodway1904 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 42 Wiþ muðes ece & wið tungan & wið þrotan genim fifleafan wyrtwalan, wyll on wætere; syle him supan. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 49 He uthræþ wurmsig blod, and þeo þrutu byþ mid sare ȝemenged, swa swiþe, þæt he hyt utan ȝefret. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 68 Vre lauerd schilde þet þe breað of hare stinkinde þrote ne nachȝi ou neauer. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 343 Vt of his ðrote it [sc. a whale] smit an onde, Ðe swetteste ðing ðat is o londe. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiv. 214 The þrote is þe vttirmest of pipes of þe longes... Þe substaunce of þis pipe is grisely and hard. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 635/17 Nomina menbrorum... Hec gula, troht. c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 344 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 371 Quha-sa-euire in þare throt seknes has. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 748/14 Hec gula, Hoc guttur, Hic jugulus, a throthe. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aiij^v The same water..gargoled in the throte..withdryueth the payne of the throte. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxi. 61 That I the wine should taste..and so my throte I baste. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E^v Thou..choakst their throts with dust. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse ii. ix. 91 When upon occasion of laughing or the like in drinking, any of the drink passes down the wrong Throat as we say (which is down the Wind-pipe) the party falls presently into a most violent cough. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. v. 56 A sound exactly like that which we make to clear the throat when any thing happens to obstruct it. 1782 A. S. Gentleman's Compl. Jockey 93 Then take a new laid egg, and pull out his tongue, bruise the shell, and thrust it into his throat. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xx. 323 He..bolted his food down his capacious throat in squares of three inches. 1897 ‘Tivoli’ Short Innings v. 76 A huge piece of cake went down the wrong throat, and Carrots had to belabour him lustily to persuade it to take the right direction. 1907 Catholic Encycl. II. 592/1 He performed a wonderful cure of a boy who had a fishbone in his throat. 1989 R. Hansen Nebraska Stories 135 I suctioned gunk out of its throat with a bulb syringe and squirted it into the straw but the calf didn't quiver or pant. 2001 J. Boyle Galloway Street 189 When I hear the pipes and drums and watch..the pipe major up the front joogling his silver mace, I get a choky feeling in my throat. b. Chiefly British colloquial. A sore throat. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] housty1855 diphtheroid1861 throat1885 1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. iii. 68 That reasonless creature..has one of her throats again, and I did so want her to take some of my globules. 1915 Ld. Fisher Let. 2 Apr. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. i. 764 I thought I had a throat coming on but drastic measures have relieved it. 1979 M. Soames Clementine Churchill xiii. 201 In the last year she had been subject to ‘throats’ and coughs. 2014 Argus (Nexis) 6 May Despite a ‘bit of a throat’, Lee's delivery was clear and warm. 3. a. The throat considered as the means of consuming food or drink, or as the entrance to the stomach. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. Phrases 1. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xi. 433 He [sc. se læcecræft] is swiðe biter on [muðe, & he ðe] tirð on ða þrotan [þonne ðu his ærast fandast]. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 160 Ȝef þe keache cuppe wellinde bres to drinken. ȝeot in his wide þrote. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 51 (MED) Huanne he ne may abyde..grat lecherie of þrote, hit comþ þet man..yernþ to þe mete ase deþ a best doumb. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1470 (MED) Bachus was a glotoun..Him for the throte thei beseke. c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 677 Bacus þe bollere..Ȝe callen him kepere of þe þrote. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. iv. sig. Qii ^v Pamphagus holdeth out or thrusteth out his fastynge throte, whiche he can scarselye, yet at the laste fyll vp to his couetous. i. gredy bealye. 1668 tr. J. Drexel Pleasant & Profitable Treat. Hell xvi. 344 They cheerfully lay fast hold on a full cup, and carouse so long, till the liquor damm at the top of their throat. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 202 Let Streams of Wine, thro' pewter Channels, glide Adown the Throats. 1777 F. Burney Let. 7 Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 237 She forced wine & water..down her throat till she was almost tipsey. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 19 How my little bit of dinner slides itself down my throat, I know no more than a man in the moon. 1933 N. Shepherd Pass in Grampians ii. 9 in Grampian Quartet (2001) She would stuff anything down her throat—grain and bran and sharps—I've seen her stuff her mouth with chaff. 1989 Far Eastern Econ. Rev. 30 Mar. 63/3 Until now, the securities exchange has channelled money down the throats of industry and ignored the small investor. 2008 Big Issue Christmas 57/1 All the while, Dad just sitting there, shovelling food down his throat. †b. figurative. With reference to the consuming action or capacity of a destructive agency, as death, war, etc.: a situation, location, etc., which is liable imminently to lead to destruction. Cf. jaw n.¹ 5, tooth n. 2b(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > devouring quality throatc1230 consumingness1659 consumptibility1659 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 131 Ut of þe floc..in to wulues muð toward te þrote of helle. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vii. 5 He fights, Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death. View more context for this quotation a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 55 The maist walliezand men in the throt of the battell. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §2. 315 Many good Commanders of the Carthaginian forces,..haue desperately cast themselues with al that remained vnder their charge, into the throat of destruction. 1628 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule viii. 1090 Yee may well sticke a little in the narrow throate of Death. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 168 Calm, and intrepid, in the very throat Of sulphurous war. 1824 J. Rooke Inq. Princ. Nat. Wealth iv. ix. 384 On the streets of your towns, in the very throat of danger and bustle, you will find a poor miserable fellow mortal deliberately seated over the sale of a shilling's worth of wares. 1838 D. P. Brown in S. Webb Hist. Pennsylvania Hall 14 It was for such liberty, that your Washington..redeemed the outraged rights of suffering millions from the very throat of death. 1902 Marble Rock (Iowa) Jrnl. 29 May A man leaped the gate [of the level-crossing] and dashed into the throat of death. 4. a. The throat considered as the location of the vocal organs and hence as the place from which speech or song originates. Cf. Phrases 2.Sometimes regarded as the source of a statement repudiated as false or slanderous, often accompanied by a threat to return the statement to its source in a violent manner (see e.g. quots. 1594, 1616).; cf. to lie in one's throat at Phrases 2c. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Homily (Trin. Cambr. B.15.34) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 346 He næs butan toðum, þe mid þære tungan swegdon; and þrotan he hæfde, þa ða hy gehyrdon his stæmne. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea viii. 1 In thi throte be a trumpe, as an egle on the hous of the Lord. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 320 To find oute meri crafti notis Þei ne spared not her þrotes. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 79 By ryght dome, þat þrote þat spake þe wordes of traytery aȝeynys his Lord, þat þrote was ystrangled wyth þe grynne of a rope. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 110 Thay can pronunce na voce furth of thair throtis. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 55 Till I haue..Thrust those reprochfull speeches downe his throat, That he hath breathd in my dishonour here. View more context for this quotation 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 198 Gave him home the lie, adowne his throte. 1683 F. Willis et al. tr. Anacreon done into Eng. 24 Had'st thou all the charming notes, Of the Woods Poetick Throats All thy Art could never pay What thou'st hast ta'ne from me away. 1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. ii. iv. 262 I'll cram the impudent Lye down your Throat. a1779 D. Garrick Medley in T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee (1795) IV. 263 You tune up my throat, You swell every Note. 1832 D. Geoghegan Seige of Maynooth I. vi. 82 For the singing, why its my Lady the Countess, that has the throat of an angel. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §65 Into the throat of the bird is given the voice of the air. 1900 Milford (Indiana) Mail 2 Aug. A slip of a girl barely 16 years of age, with ropes of jet black hair and the throat of a nightingale. 1946 H. Heslop Earth Beneath xiii. 268 John wanted to leap at his son and thrust the lie back down his throat. 2010 B. Ohmart Judy Canova 11 That sweet little lady who had the gumption of a tomcat mixed with the throat of an opera..singer. b. The voice. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > throat throatc1275 whistlea1625 quail-pipe1693 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 558 Þu hauest schille þrote. 1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end Ep. Ded. sig. B^v All the Synagogue of Scribes gaue a Plaudite, crying out Viua voce, with one loud throat. 1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xx. 285 Forth he powres his vtmost throte. 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 265 The Attic warbler pours her throat, Responsive to the cuckow's note. 1766 W. Cruden Nature Spiritualised ii. v. 205 His praises on the lip soon, soon cease, And the loud throat is wearied into peace. 1800 Gentleman's Mag. June 561/2 To the loud Trumpet's throat, To the shrill Clarion's note. 1887 National Rev. June 483 When summer shall silence the merle's loud throat And the nightingale's sweet sad singing. 1920 W. E. Barton A. Lincoln 9 It makes a difference whether the people are led by the Lord, or lured by the loudest throat. 1940 A. Ali Twilight in Delhi ii. i. 108 The fruit and vegetable seller, a fat young woman with..a sharp tongue and a loud throat. 5. The throat regarded as a particularly vulnerable part of the body, an attack on which is liable to kill, overpower, or subdue. Frequently figurative. Cf. Phrases 3.Chiefly with reference to strangulation or compression of the windpipe, to cutting the throat, or to biting or tearing the throat as in an attack by an animal, esp. presented as types of particularly violent or savage action. ΚΠ c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 423 Þese apes..done more harme to men þen þof þei cutted hor throtes. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xciij About which they braule and scolde one ready to teare out a nothers throte. 1607 T. Jackson tr. G. Powel De Adiaphoris ix. 64 To ayme and strike at the throate of Charitie. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 9 The Papists would cut my throat. 1703 tr. T. Craig Right Succession to Kingdom Eng. i. iv. 21 Our Adversaries..strike at the Throat of our cause. 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. xvi. 326 These loving turtles flew like lightning again at each other's throats. 1849 Times 5 July 5/3 Famine has already closed with the west of Ireland; it has its gripe on its very throat. 1853 Daily News 5 Oct. 4/5 The disaffection of the Caucasus is after all but the planting of the serpent's tooth in the giant's heel. His very throat lies bare. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xxx. 252 Men are flying at each other's throats..lying and slandering—sometimes picking and stealing. 1906 Jewish Q. Rev. 18 488 A keen sword lies at the very throat of our faith and its existence. 1937 Harper's Monthly Mag. Dec. 438/1 The Detroit News printed a front-page editorial..pointing out that a strike would cut the throat of the convalescent patient—the industrial United States. 1978 Times 20 Feb. 14/8 I cannot believe that Mr Powell would fly at my throat. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 23 Aug. 14 The unions..had their boot heel on the nation's throat in the winter of 1978 to 1979. 6. That part of a garment which covers, or lies next to, the throat. Cf. neck n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck neck1530 neck-piece1611 throatlatch1727 throat1813 1813 Weekly Entertainer 11 Jan. 25 High dress of light ruby Merino cloth..; it buttons in front from the throat to the waist. 1896 Vogue 11 June 412/4 In order to give the needed touch of the becoming, a color should appear at the throat of the blouse in the space inside of the wide sailor collar. 1927 Observer 10 Apr. 22 The whole dress is also slit from throat to hem, permitting a glimpse of a contrasting fourreau. 1979 J. D. McDonald Green Ripper (1980) xii. 198 Dark-blue velvety dress with lace at the throat. 2011 Sunshine Coast (Queensland, Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 30 Sept. 5 [He's] just grabbed him by the throat of the shirt and given him a bit of a shove. II. Extended and technical uses, applied to parts of things having some resemblance to the throat. 7. a. The part at or close to the opening of something, esp. when relatively narrow or tapering; a passage leading into or out of something; a narrow or constricted part connecting two portions of a thing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > insufficiency of space > a confined or restricted space narrowc1230 strait1352 throata1522 strait1545 straitness1625 constriction1826 bottleneck1850 fisherman's walk1867 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > narrow passage or narrow part of passage chare12.. danger1393 throata1522 creek1573 pass1712 push-through1888 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. viii. 38 Than my fader..A mekil tankart with wyne fild to the throte. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 222 First, in the throt of the Bow, war slane David Kirk. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 7 The throat or passage for the water out of it, shall be such as that appointed for the pits or wels. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1551 A prettie spring Whose throat, sir, I wot, sir, You may stop with your neive. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum v. 298 The water..passing through the narrow throat of the funnel. 1814 W. Scott Diary 17 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 206 The access through this strait would be easy, were it not for the Island of Græmsay, lying in the very throat of the passage. 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 141 The throat of the cave, by which we ascend from the mouth to the interior. 1899 A. Griffiths in Fortn. Rev. 65 312 Lang's Nek, the throat of the passage into the Transvaal. 1951 Foreign Affairs 29 383 The comparatively narrow throat between Koenigsberg and Odessa through which all Soviet effort toward the West has to be channelled. 1992 G. T. Beaulieu & J. C. Stansbury in Marina Technol. iv. 53 The throat of the entrance [to the harbour] was widened to 38 metres. 2014 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 18 Oct. (Weekender section) 4 The only way into Wangi is over a constricted throat of land known as The Narrows. b. A constriction or narrowing in a fireplace, furnace, etc., immediately above the fire, leading into the flue or chimney; the narrowest part of a fireplace where it meets the flue. Cf. chimney-throat n. at chimney n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > narrowest part of chimney throat1766 chimney-throat1800 1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 136/2 The funnel gathered in a throat, directly above the fireplace. 1781 J. Sharp Acct. Pensilvanian Stove-grates 9/2 The Throat of the Chimney has been clogged with Soot. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 364/1 The smoke..ascends vertically by the throat of the chimney into the flue. 1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 16 The opening at the top of the furnace, called the throat or trunnel-hole. 1909 Auk 26 547 By putting my head into the throat of the chimney and looking up, I could still see them quite well. 1989 Old-house Jrnl. Mar. 30/1 Check the throat for any obstructions and see if there is a functioning damper. 1996 Visual Dict. Archit. 89 Throat, the narrow opening between a fireplace and its flue or smoke chamber. c. A chute or passage that carries the harvested crop to the cylinder of a threshing machine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for > part of scutcher1797 scutch1805 throat1840 1840 Western Farmer & Gardener Nov. 46/2 The building may be a two story one, so as to allow of an extensive loft, from which the threshing machine and straw cutter are fed direct by means of a throat. 1871 Southern Farm & Home Aug. 381/2 With a good spike thresher you must close up the entrance, or throat, with a plank, except a small hole on the left side, large enough to put the heads or blossoms in with an old broom. 1907 Threshermen's Rev. Oct. 23 (advt.) The only duty of the feeder chain is to deliver the ear of corn into the throat of the machine. 2001 Sugar Jrnl. June 10/2 The base cutter disks not only hold the cutter blades but also transport the cane to the throat of the harvester. d. Woodworking. The opening in the base of a plane, in which the blade is set, and through which the wood shavings pass. ΚΠ 1856 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1855: Arts & Manuf. II. 40 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 12) VI To serve as a rest for the chisel, and to confine the throat of the plane. 1895 F. Chilton-Young Home Carpentry Handy Men iii. 58 The bevel..meets the shaving on its entrance through the throat and turns it upward. 1992 Harrowsmith Dec. 10c/2 Some of the older block planes have variable throats like their larger cousins, the bench planes; the wider the throat, the deeper the shaving. 2014 G. Hack in Woodworking Wisdom & Know-how 15/3 Set the plane for a fine cut, with a tight throat. e. The narrowest region of a nozzle, designed to increase the velocity of the gas or liquid being expelled. ΚΠ 1869 Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engin. Mag. Mar. 227/1 The condensation of the steam takes place in the interval between the orifice of the cold water nozzle and the throat of the outermost nozzle. 1946 Sewage Wrks Jrnl. 18 1065/2 The throat of the nozzle can be cleaned without removing the nozzle. 1982 Pop. Sci. May 10 Downstream from the throat..the velocity is above the speed of sound in the steam. 2016 B. K. Sultanian Fluid Mech. v. 255 The pressure ratio computed at the throat is much lower and the Mach number much higher than the pressure ratio and Mach number computed at the nozzle exit plane. f. Firearms. In a rifle, revolver, etc.: the front section of the chamber where it tapers towards the bore. ΚΠ 1870 Metallic Ammunition Springfield Breech-loading Rifle Musket 49 To achieve this involves the consideration of..the form of the throat connecting the chamber and barrel. 1937 P. B. Sharpe Compl. Guide Handloading xxiii. 240/2 Throat Gauge,..the gauge portion is a carefully ground tool-steel rod with a pilot end in land diameter... Back of this the rod is ground according to standard specifications of the throat. 1988 Target Sun Sept. 26/2 The CZ was a more efficient design, reliably picking up the round on transfer from the magazine to the barrel throat, not relying on engaging the rim as the breech is locked. 2004 Amer. Handgunner (Nexis) 1 Mar. 36 The main areas of inspection with the old Colt single actions will be the firing pin, recoil plate,..and cylinder throat lineup with the barrel. 8. Architecture and Building. †a. The projecting underside of a cornice, typically including a moulding with a concave curve to throw off water. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1655 J. Moxon tr. J. Barozzio Vignola v. 24 The Member marked with A in this Figure, is called the Ovolo..E the List, F the Gula or Throat reversed. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 32 The Freese, Gul or Throat. 1708 J. James tr. C. Perrault Treat. Five Orders of Columns ii. iv. 89 A Cornice of a Character altogether singular,..the Projecture of the Corona so great, that it extends beyond the Modillion more than half the Length of the Modillion, making a very large Throat, as in the Composite Order. b. A moulding with a concave profile similar to, but less pronounced than, a scotia (scotia n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > concave moulding casementc1425 cove1511 scotia1563 trochilus1563 casemate1611 cavetto1700 throat1722 hollow1726 1722 J. James Explan. Terms Archit. iii, in tr. C. Perrault Treat. Five Orders in Archit. (ed. 2) Cavetto..a round Concave Moulding..; the Workmen call it Mouth, when in its natural Situation, and Throat when turn'd upside-down. 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Throat, or gorge, in architecture, is a sort of concave moulding, wider, but not so deep as a scotia, chiefly used in frames, chambranles, &c. 1999 J. S. Curl Oxf. Dict. Archit. 135/2 Cavetto.., concave chamfer, gorge, hollow, throat, or trochilus moulding the section of which is a quarter-round, often used on cornices, distinguished from the scotia, the section of which is a half-circle, half-ellipse, or more. c. A groove or channel on the underside of a sill, string course, coping, etc., to prevent rainwater running back towards the wall. Cf. throating n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > structures for throwing off rainwater water board1372 water table1428 water tabling1520 weatherboard1568 weather-spar1632 throat1736 weathering1739 creasing1823 weather-table1839 dashboard1881 watershed1886 waterboarding1927 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping > groove under coping gorge1706 throat1736 1736 W. Robinson Proportional Archit. (new ed.) 39 Wrought underneath with a Drip or Throat to clear the Water from the Front. 1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Archit. 14 Mar. 351 If brick sills be used, see that they have a good, clean throat. 1915 T. Nolan Kidder's Architects' & Builders' Handbk. (ed. 15) 1764 Throat, a channel or groove made on the under-side of a string-course, coping, etc., to prevent water from running inward toward the walls. 1983 Illustr. Dict. Hist. Archit. (at cited word) Throat, a groove which is cut along the underside of a member (as a a stringcourse or coping on a wall) to prevent water from running back across it (toward the wall). 2013 D. Marshall et al. Constr. Houses (ed. 5) iv. 86 The coping stone should overhang the wall on either side and will incorporate small drips (a throat) to prevent water running back under the coping. d. The narrowest part of a column or its capital where the shaft and the capital meet; the hypotrachelium; = neck n.¹ 6d. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > flues or parts of flues boshes1686 worm1758 throat vent1839 take-down1850 baffler1861 trunnel-hole1868 velvet tree1875 baffle1881 throat1919 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > parts at junction of shaft and capital hypotrachelium1563 frieze1569 neck1624 neckstone?1662 gorgerin1664 collarino1688 cincture1696 gorge1706 colarin1728 collar1728 necking1798 neck moulding1818 bell-stone1851 neck-mould1851 throat1919 1919 H. L. Warren Found. Classic Archit. v. 216 The flutes of the shaft end in elliptical lines before reaching the throat of the capital. 1989 J. K. Bibber Home for Everyman iv. 50 Additional decorative carving at the ‘throat’ where the column met the capital. 9. Shipbuilding and Nautical. a. The inner angle or curve at the junction of the two arms of an angled timber, as a knee (knee n. 7a), hook (hook n.¹ 8), or floor-timber; the portion of such a timber constituting the angle, typically being the thickest part; the depth or thickness of this. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > floor timber(s) > middle part of throat1711 throating1816 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > angular supporting timber > hollow of bend of throat1711 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 165 Throat, the inward bending of Knee-timber. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 402/1 In fastening the knees, care should be taken to let one bolt pass exactly through the middle of the throat. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXII. at Ship-building All floors are required to have sufficient wood to seat themselves on the dead-wood, and the throats to run up to the cutting-down or under side of the keelson. 1824 Mechanic's Mag. 3 July 257/2 Bolts which go through the side into the throat of the knee. 1869 R. W. Meade Treat. Naval Archit. & Ship-building (ed. 2) 340 The bolts of the keelson are driven through the throat of each floor and through the main keel. 1918 R. M. van Gaasbeek Pract. Course Wooden Boat & Ship Building (1919) 228 Stemson, a knee-piece with its horizontal arm scarfed to the keelson and its vertical arm fayed into the throats of the transoms. 1921 Rules for Constr. & Classif. Wood Ships (Amer. Bureau of Shipping) 52 The knee or anchor-stock at the throat is to be at least twice the siding size. 2005 M. McCarthy Ships' Fastenings 183 A bolt driven through the throat of a knee or hook. 2013 W. L. Crothers Amer.-built Packets & Freighters 1850s xiii. 183/1 The ship Antarctic had a breasthook 44 feet end to end, 32 inches in the throat, and fastened with 70 bolts. b. The part of an anchor at the point where the shank meets the arms; the curve formed by the arm of an anchor and the shank where they join. ΚΠ 1765 M. Murray tr. P. Bouguer in Suppl. 18 in Treat. Ship-building & Navigation (ed. 2) In regard to the thickness they generally make the circumference at the throat A of the shank, about the fifth part of its length. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 79 Several parts of the anchor are governed by the size of the trend, which is marked on the shank at the same distance from the inside of the throat as the arm measures..to the extremity of the bill. 1809 R. Warner Tour through Cornwall ii. 65 The unskilful manufacture of the throat of the anchor, or the curved part between the fluke and the body of it. 1865 Mech. Mag. 15 Dec. 382/1 It is the practice to make the shank and the arms of anchors the same size as the throat. 1986 D. H. Roberts tr. J. Boudriot Seventy-Four Gun Ship II. 102 The part where the shank is joined to the arms is called the throat or the vertex, since this is where the vertical part meets the arms. 2004 A. M. McCann & J. P. Oleson Deep-water Shipwrecks off Skerki Bank viii. 158 (caption) Portion of concretion of iron anchor shaft with throat, crown, one stub of arm, and one complete arm with fluke. c. The lower end of a gaff (gaff n.¹ 2) having forked jaws (jaw n.¹ 4) curved to fit around the mast; the part of a quadrangular fore-and-aft sail closest to this, being the upper forward corner. Opposed to peak n.² 5a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spars used to extend head of sail > jaws fitting round mast > curved part of throat1769 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > upper corner peak1692 nock1794 throat1808 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Throat, a name given to the inner end of a gaff, or to that part which is next to the mast. It is opposed to peek, which implies the outer extremity of the said gaff. 1808 D. Lever Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor 63 The throat Earing is spliced to the Cringle in the Throat of the Sail. 1860 G. S. Nares Naval Cadet's Guide 55 The lower block is hooked to a bolt in the throat of the gaff. 1904 Western Field June 392/2 The bolts and pin under the throat of the gaff which take the throat of the mainsail should be strong and well galvanized. 1970 Motor Boating Jan. 276/2 He would slack away on the peak and throat of the gaff, then haul in the mainsheet. 2002 J. Leather Gaff Rig Handbk. (ed. 2) iii. 32 Throat halliard, this purchase hoists the throat of the sail at the forward end of the gaff. 10. Fortification. The entrance to a bastion or outwork from the main body of a fortification; = gorge n.¹ 6. Cf. neck n.¹ 5c. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > parts of orecchionc1585 pome1598 face1648 orillon1648 gola1663 neck1668 gorge1669 neckline1672 shoulder1672 epaule1702 demi-gorge1706 pan1707 throat1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Throat, in Architecture, Fortification, &c. 1863 D. H. Mahan Summary Course Permanent Fortification 50 The throat is at the centre of the wall, and 6″ wide. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2563/1 Throat, the narrowed space between the flanks of a bastion at their junction with the curtain, or between the rear ends of the faces of a redan. 1979 Winterthur Portfolio 14 199/1 Joseph G. Totten.., the outstanding American-born designer of fortifications, whose introduction of an iron casemate or ‘Armoured Throat’ earned him an international reputation. 1986 S. Pepper & N. Adams Firearms & Fortifications 4 (key to figure) K: Gorge or throat of the bastion. 11. Botany. The part of a tubular flower at or immediately beneath its opening or mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > throat or fornix rictus1760 throat1764 fornix1823 1764 J. Hill Veg. Syst. VII. 4 Having the throat of the Flower Naked. 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 102 Asperugo... Cor[olla] one-petal'd... Throat closed: with Scalelets five. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 8 Florets all tubular, with an inflated throat, generally spreading into a hemispherical head. 1882 Garden 28 Jan. 66/3 The throat of the flower is unbearded. 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 19 400 The background of the throat in young flowers is light phlox purple with the veining on the posterior side prune purple. 2006 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 23 Sept. h17 Lily petals tend to have a recurved back, exposing the throat and colorations. 12. In a plough: the portion of the mouldboard between the point of the share and the lower part of the beam; (also) the space enclosed by this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other parts of plough plough-line1384 plough-strake1395 cleat1419 weigh-tree1578 spindle1616 pole wedge1733 table1763 throat1771 brace1808 wang1808 wing-bar1844 sill1877 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xviii. 535 Trying it in very loose mould, I perceived some earth would now and then lodge in the throat. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 4 The throat and breast, or that part which enters, perforates, and breaks up the ground. 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. v. 132 The throat... [Note] The space from the share point to the junction or approach of the breast to the beam. 1886 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 22 544 Nothing lifted by the share and mould-board can choke the throat of the plough. 1928 Q.C. Ayres & D. Scoates Land Drainage & Reclam. xx. 244 It is important that there be from 20 to 26 inches of clearance at the throat of a plow so that it will not be necessary to stop too frequently to clear the plow of brush and débris. 2007 S. Singh Farm Machinery iii. 55 Cutting edge also called throat of the share cuts the furrow slice from main soil body. 13. A narrowed part of the spoke of a wheel, located close to the point where the spoke is inserted into the hub. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > spoke > part of throat1867 1867 Amer. Artisan 28 Aug. 124/1 They are taken to a shearing or throating machine, which brings them to the proper shape in the throat, or that part close to the shoulder which rests upon the hub. 1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2285/1 The throat of a spoke is the portion of diminished thickness a short distance from the hub, to give a degree of flexibility to the spoke. 1900 Hub Apr. 34/2 It has an improved cutter head, which will finish the throat in one operation. 1980 V. Hawke & A.Scott Horse Drawn Vehicles N.Z. 163 The spokes were finished in two sanding operations, one for the shaft and one for the throat and tenons. 14. On the wheel of a railway vehicle, tram, etc.: the thicker part of the flange adjoining the wheel body. ΚΠ 1884 Rep. Proc. 18th Ann. Convent. Master Car-builders' Assoc. 47 There will be very little metal in the throat to resist the lateral wear of the flange against the rail. 1911 Railway Age Gaz. 1 Dec. 1128/1 There was no contact between the throat of the flange and the ball of the rail. 1954 Railroad Mag. Nov. 58/1 The throat of the flange on the outer wheel bears heavily against this outer rail. 2006 A. H. Wickens in S. Iwnicki Handbk. Railway Vehicle Dynamics ii. 25 Contact is made between the throat of the flange and the gauge corner of the rail. 15. On a shoe: the part of the upper that lies to the front of the opening for the foot, and rests on the top of the wearer’s instep; (on a shoe with laces or similar fastenings) the part of the shoe where the bottom of the tongue meets the rest of the upper.Also (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in throat line. ΚΠ 1887 Shoe & Leather Reporter 3 Mar. 404/3 The front quarters are cut in two pieces, the throat piece being cut to overlap the other. 1899 C. B. Hatfield Designing, cutting & grading Boot & Shoe Patterns xi. 48 Springing the fly..may be done... No objections to it appear, except it may cause more wrinkles at the throat of the shoe. 1910 Boot & Shoe Recorder 16 Feb. 13/1 The shoe properly fitted..has the ball of the foot placed at a point just a trifle forward of the line of the throat of the vamp. 1953 Life 31 Aug. 86/2 (advt.) [The shoe style]..reflects exciting fashion news in the slender toe and square throat-line. 1971 Sunday Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 12 Sept. (Advertising Suppl.) 3/2 Low stacked heel and elasticized throat line emphasize comfort and fit. 2002 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 27 June s11 When the shoe is on the foot, the width of one finger should fit between the foot and the throat of the shoe. 16. Sport (originally U.S.). That part of a racket, lacrosse stick, canoe paddle, etc., where the head or blade joins the shaft.Recorded earliest in throat-piece n. 3. ΚΠ 1897 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 13 Aug. 5/1 (advt.) ‘Special’ Tennis Racket, white ash frame, walnut throat-piece, cedar handle. 1898 Wright & Ditson's Official Lawn Tennis Guide (end matter) (advt.) This little contrivance, which is to be placed on the throat of the racket. 1912 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Dec. 306/2 A racket having a handle with a slot extending longitudinally thereof from the butt substantially to the throat of the racket. 1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 449 Throat (canoeing), that part of the paddle shaft just above the blade. 1976 C. Brackenridge Women's Lacrosse iii. 27 It is usual for the centre to draw with her normal top hand at the throat of the crosse. 1986 Squash World July 21/1 The classic head shape, solid construction and reinforced throat which the makers believe gives maximum control [in a squash racket]. 2003 O. Shine Lang. Tennis 133 Agassi never recovered after the throat of his racket broke, causing him to double fault for a second time. 17. In a band saw: the space between the blade and the upright column supporting the horizontal arm from which the blade extends downwards, through which material passes when being cut. Also: the corresponding space in a similarly constructed machine or tool (such as a drill press, sewing machine, etc.). Frequently attributive, as throat space, throat width, etc.Often with measurement specifying the horizontal distance from the blade, drill bit, etc., to the upright column. ΚΠ 1899 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 31 Jan. 728/1 A lumber-guide adjustable to vary the width of the lumber throat or passage-way between the saw and its upper supporting-wheel. 1915 Iron Age 2 Dec. 1339/1 One single-ended geared punching machine with 26-in. throat. 1923 Iron Age 15 Mar. 768/1 The throat space is 10 in. deep and 6 in. high. 1970 Pop. Sci. Sept. 24/3 What continues to please me most about the tool is that 18″ throat; I'd been working with an 11″ machine that often proved restrictive. 2011 M. Shepler & R. K. Brent Compl. Idiot's Guide Sewing ii. 22 A large throat is helpful when sewing bulky fabrics and large projects like quilts. 18. Music. In brass instruments: the narrow section of the mouthpiece that connects the cup-shaped opening to the backbore (backbore n. at back- comb. form Additions). ΚΠ 1938 Educ. Music Mag. Jan. 12/3 The rim, cup, throat and backbore of a mouthpiece are all important. 1984 H. G. Fischer Renaissance Sackbut & its Use Today 31 The throat—like that of all other sackbut mouthpieces with any claim to antiquity—is sharp-edged. 1992 Windplayer Sept. 30/2 A Bach B underpart with a 23 throat and a 24 back bore for his trumpet. 2004 M. Campbell et al. Musical Instruments v. 152 Mouthpieces of cornets and bugles usually have a rounded cup with a pronounced throat. Phrases P1. Phrases relating to literal or figurative consumption. Cf. sense 3a. a. (up) to the throat: to the point where no more can be taken; to capacity; to the limit. Cf. (up) to the neck at neck n.¹ Phrases 12b. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Ay as thay tomit thame of schot, Feyndis fild thame new vp to the thrott. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst f. cxixv A greate bellyed monke wyth a scarlet face, whose panche is well pampered and stuffed up to the throate wyth all maner of delycates. 1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest 1st Prol. sig. c3 The very Pudding of our Farce that must fill the Audience up to the throat with laughter. 1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius iii. in Sylvæ 68 Why dost thou not give thanks as at a plenteous feast Cram'd to the throat with life, and rise and take thy rest? 1705 Lady Norton Applause of Virtue i. 19 But I would burst him with Honour, Gold, Silver, and Riches; and when he was full, up to the Throat, I would draw aside the Curtain, to let him see Virtue and Paradice. 1823 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 3 Jan. 229 A priest..Full to the throat of Greek and college. 1861 C. Dickens Let. 3 Dec. (1997) IX. 530 A place already full to the throat. 1921 E. P. Oppenheim Nobody's Man iii. 25 A very intelligent constituency, stuffed up to the throat with schoolboard education. 1993 D. Smith Blue Willow 38 He was filled up to the throat with trying. b. to pour (money, property, etc.) down one's throat and variants: to use up (money, property, etc.) by excessive expenditure on food or drink; esp. to squander (wealth) by drinking to excess. ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain i. 543 Who..delight to send their estates downe the throat. 1718 Orig. Weekly Jrnl. 15 Feb. 1043/2 A Poor idle Vagrant, that has swallowed his Patrimony down his Throat, and thinks he has done the Government Service therein, by promoting the Excise on strong Beer. 1859 J. W. Loguen Rev. J. W. Loguen xviii. 234 While one hand was busy pouring a large estate down his throat, the other was equally busy giving it to the poor. 1975 Washington Post 13 July e12/1 I'm not drinking myself to death like these guys who come up here and pour their money down their throats. 2013 J. Braun Greek for Beginners i. 18 Stavros pours more money down his throat than he puts back into his company. c. to shove (also ram, thrust, etc.) (a thing) down a person's throat: to force (a thing) upon a person; to compel or try to compel a person to accept (a thing). ΚΠ 1662 R. Cressener Anti-Baal-Berith Justified 27 This Covenant was thrust down the Throats of many people. 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. viii Quha rammed, and crammed, That bargin down thair throts. 1778 F. Burney Let. 21 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 85 Nothing is more ridiculous than ‘people's’ cramming their Children's nonsence [sic] down other people's Throats! 1829 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) I. 232 Since the Duke of Wellington..thrust the Emancipation Bill down his [sc. George IV's] royal throat. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 13/1 She liked to choose her friends and not have them crammed down her throat. 1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch iv. 84 I wouldn't mind her trying to run her pink politics down my throat..though I never see why being a Communist should make one abhor washing. 2003 N.Y. Times 29 June ii. 26/3 A life-after-death story that doesn't..shove inspirational messages down your throat. P2. Phrases relating to speech or the voice. Cf. sense 4. a. (a) to speak (also sing, cry, etc.) with a full throat and variants: to speak (sing, cry, etc.) loudly, clearly, or forcefully. Cf. with full (also open) mouth at mouth n. Phrases 1e. ΚΠ a1450 (c1400) Cuckoo & Nightingale (Tanner) (1991) l. 75 Some song..al oute, with..þe ful throte. 1549 tr. J. Calvin Short Instr. Good Christian People sig. E.v^v Finallye wyth full throte, they do spewe out excedynge deformed blasphemies. 1648 T. Manton Englands Spirituall Languishing Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Therefore when the house of Jacob offendeth, it must be told its own with a full throat. 1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher i. 65 Singing at last the Complines, and bawling with a full Throat the Salve Regina. 1844 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer H— Family 65/1 He sang with a full throat. 1922 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 115/2 He gave with a full throat the hunting cry of the wolves. 1960 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. 14/2 His range of dynamics is wide enough to make the instrument sing with a full throat. 2000 N. Podhoretz My Love Affair with Amer. 4 America deserved to be glorified with a full throat and a whole heart. (b) in (also at) full throat: using the full power of one’s voice; in a full-throated manner.Originally and frequently with reference to birds. ΚΠ 1829 Zool. Jrnl. 17 72 A pure wild song from an island Canary at liberty, in full throat. 1866 W. Hone Every Day Bk. 350/1 I had heard his fellows in the thickets whistling in full throat. 1934 Auk 51 477 The Flicker..would perk up, lift his head and start calling again at full throat. 1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) xvi. 164 Birds would be in full throat as they busied themselves with their nesting. 1984 J. Nazel Delta Crossing v. 62 The congregation was at full throat. 2006 J. Berkeley Palace of Laughter ii. 16 The barking grew louder as Miles approached the pound. Thirty mongrels and more were in full throat at the sound of his footsteps. b. to set up (also †out) one's throat and variants: to raise one's voice; to cry aloud; to speak, shout, etc., loudly or powerfully. Cf. to set out 7 at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2, to set up 3 at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] chirmOE talec1275 rounda1325 cryc1384 shoutc1385 hallowc1420 roupa1425 glaster1513 hollo1542 yawl1542 to set up (also out) one's throat1548 vociferate1548 bawl1570 gape1579 hollo out?1602 holloa1666 to cry up1684 holler1699 halloo1709 belvea1794 parliament1893 foghorn1918 rort1931 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiii. f. clxxvii Where thei wer not able with euident profes to conuince him, and to get the ouerhande of hym, they set out the throte, and made an open outcry against hym. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. ix. 255 As lowd as ever he could set out a throate, maketh this challenge. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 114 The whole Rout Set up their throats, with clamorous shout. ?1790 A. Macdonald Laura I. xii. 186 Then set up her throat again with ‘Murder! Murder! help, good Christians!’. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 284 Dame Crank set up her throat, and began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler. 1888 Monthly Chron. North-Country Lore & Legend Mar. 124/2 Jean set up her throat in exclamations against this breach of hospitality. 1931 Times 22 Oct. 15/6 The robin..will habitually..set up his throat in song which sounds piercingly loud within four walls. c. to lie in one's throat: to lie blatantly or brazenly; to tell an outright untruth. Now rare (somewhat archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] > extremely, blatantly to lie for the whetstone1418 to lie in one's throat1566 to flap in the mouth (with a lie)1578 to flap the lie in one's teeth1650 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlv. f. 251 Thou hast falsely accused her, &..thou liest in thy Throte, in al that thou hast contriued against her. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 199 We say unto you, that you have Lyed in your throate. 1765 W. Guthrie et al. Gen. Hist. World IX. xli. 105 His answer was that Charles lied, and lied in his throat. 1824 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Feb. (1981) XI. 123 Whoever asserts that I am the author..lies in his throat. 1947 China Weekly Rev. 8 May 39/2 To say in Chinese that a person is ‘talking the official language’ is really a polite, diplomatic way of saying that he is lying in his throat. 1980 Guardian 8 Mar. 11/4 Sissela Bok..tackles some very slippery questions, concerned with people who lie whitely, merely lie, lie in their teeth, and lie in their throats like the dogs and villains that they are. d. through the throat and variants: in a harsh or guttural tone. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > harshly enforcedly1579 through the throat1595 snarlingly1862 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > rough or harsh through the throat1595 barkingly1605 raspingly1870 roupily1887 1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 17 One doth his language toothe, another noze his note, Another frames his words vnseemly through the throte. 1668 O. Price Eng. Orthogr. 16 Gh soundes now like h, in Almighty, although [etc.]. Note, But the Ancients did, as the Welch, & Scots do still pronounce gh, thorow the throat. 1792 E. Evans New Compl. Eng. & Dutch Gram. (ed. 3) 23 The English can't Guttural it: nor pronounce any thing through the throat. 2005 V. Chang Circle 61 The men chanted through their throats some alphabet. Thesaurus » e. at the top of one's throat: see top n.¹ 31. P3. Phrases relating to the throat as a vulnerable part of the body. Cf. sense 5. a. to cut the throat of: to ruin; to bring about the defeat or downfall of; to put an end to. Similarly to cut one's own throat: to be the means of one's own defeat or downfall; to act in a way which will ultimately harm one's own interests. Also to cut one another's throats: to try to bring about one another's downfall; to work against one another.In later use esp. with reference to ruthless competition in business, commerce, etc. Cf. cut-throat n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > destroy oneself to cut one's own throat1565 auto-destruct1963 self-destruct1968 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence dilghec897 defacec1386 annul1395 anientec1400 refer?c1400 extinct1484 annihil1490 delete1495 out-terma1500 perspoil1523 extaintc1540 extinguish1555 blot1561 wipe1564 to cut the throat of1565 annihilate1567 dissipatea1575 annihilate1586 nullify1609 nullize1615 expunge1628 nothing1637 null1647 extramund1654 be-nothing1674 erase1728 obliterate1798 simoom1821 to tear to shreds1837 snuff1852 mop1859 to take out1900 napoo1915 naught1958 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > be greatly or desperately at variance to cut one another's throats1685 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 206 His contradiction shall serue vs, as a most stronge weapon to ouerthrow his doctrine layde in against vs: for thus he him self shal cut [h] is owne throte, condemne and confute his owne sayengs. 1579 J. Harmar tr. J. Calvin Serm. X. Commandementes x. f. 74^v Whereas rich men thinke that they haue made great gaine by the losse of an other, let vs knowe that they haue cutte the throte of poore men. 1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 111 That..cuts the throat of your solution. 1685 Duke of Buckingham Short Disc. Reasonableness Men's Relig. 21 Perpetually quarrelling amongst themselves, and cutting one another's Throats. a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 7 This interlocutor..knocked his cause..in the head, and cutted its throat. 1787 J. Wesley Let. 21 Apr. (1931) VII. 380 This is very likely to be done by his still preaching too loud or too long, which is a sure way of cutting his own throat. 1824 L. Stanhope Greece 15 Generals..who cut their own throats by word of command. 1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 197 Here is a low political economy plotting to cut the throat of foreign competition. 1909 Eton College Chron. 18 Mar. 450/2 He has cut his own throat by letting fanaticism get the better of him. 1960 Times 15 Mar. 4/4 The larger farming members coming into egg production were cutting the throats of the small producers. 2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. c10 Brutal competition from competitors cutting one another's throats on business fares. b. (a) to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat: to have or obtain power over, to dominate; to have in one's power, assert one's will over; to have or take firm control of.In later use in sporting contexts probably influenced by to have the game by the throat at Phrases 3b(b), referring to dominance in a sporting contest or competition. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] > violently to have (also hold, seize, take, etc.) by the throat1578 1578 W. Gace tr. M. Luther Special & Chosen Serm. 450 If sinne come, and woulde haue thee by the throte, sende it vnto Christ. 1630 A. Cade Iustification Church of Eng. ii. i. §4 197 Vnder the papacy was the Church and Flocke of Christ, but gouerned, partly by hirelings, partly by wolues, and that Antichrist held it by the throat. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France iii. 840 The said Duke..held the City of Aix by the throat, as he did the Count de Carces, and the Parliament. 1704 B. Kennet tr. B. Pascal Thoughts Relig. 200 All the numerous Miseries..which seize us, and hold us by the Throat. 1874 S. J. Watson Constit. Hist. Canada xxii. 128 The Legislative Councils, nominated by the Crown, held the Legislative Assemblies by the throat. 1883 Continent 26 Sept. 391/2 Seize opportunity by the throat. 1933 Mansfield (Ohio) News 14 Jan. 6/2 At 47, I did not have so many active years ahead. If I wanted adventure, I must seize life by the throat. 1972 Times 26 Apr. 5/3 The Opposition's belief that it has the Government by the throat and must strike now. 1980 Observer 17 Feb. 31/1 Villa had the game by the throat for almost all of the afternoon. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Sept. e1 At 4–4, neither player seemed to want to grab the match by the throat. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 7 June (Review section) 11 Grabbing an audience by the throat and giving them no choice but to keep reading. (b) Chiefly Australian colloquial in later use. to have the game by the throat: to be in control of a situation; to be in a dominant position. Similarly to have it by the throat. Now rare except as merged in Phrases 3b(a).Originally probably a hunting image with reference to game animals (cf. game n. 17a); this association may later have been lost (see the note at Phrases 3b(a)). ΚΠ 1900 New Castle (Pa.) News 31 Oct. 7/2 The newspapers have the game by the throat. 1926 Call 30 Apr. 6/5 Hanson on paper appears to have the ‘game by the throat’ in this small field. 1947 J. Morrison Sailors belong Ships 15 We're sailors, see? Two sailors. We got the game by the throat. 1960 R. Tullipan Follow the Sun 105 ‘Think we'll get it done to-day?’ ‘Can't miss... We have it by the throat now all right.’ 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 June 13 As IBM has just sold its two millionth PS/2 computer, it would indeed appear that it has the game by the throat. c. to be at each other's (also one another's) throats : to fight or quarrel angrily. ΚΠ 1844 Med. Times 4 May 93/1 The two divisions of legislative Solomons who honour this august nation, are at each other's throats on the dispute. 1919 Washington Post 28 Sept. es 4/2 Two Republican factions were at each other's throats. 1926 Edinb. Rev. Dec. 36 They would be at each other's throats before the end of the year! 1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home i. i. 21 ‘The old fellow's gone at last.’ ‘You don't say.’ ‘Yes, and a hard fight he made of it, they say, with the sons hardly waiting for him to go before they were at one another's throats over who was to have his leavings.’ 1978 I. B. Singer Shosha 265 The women are at each other's throats. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 29 July By three o'clock on Friday morning they were all at one another's throats in an unseemly quarrel. d. to go for the throat and variants: to launch an aggressive or ruthless attack on an adversary; to target an adversary's weakest or most vulnerable point. ΚΠ 1869 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 6 Apr. The radicals yesterday helped to slaughter their own men, the Allison men going for the throat of Morhiser. 1905 Times 6 May 15/5 The most outspoken partisanship, urging upon the Society, ‘to go for the throat of the Secretary to the Board of Trade and bring him to his senses’. 1955 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Trib. 22 Oct. 16/2 Israel will ‘go for the throat’ of surrounding Arab nations. 1985 G. Benford Artifact vi. iv. 430 Yeah, ol' Carmody doesn't wimp out on you. He goes straight for the throat. 2006 D. Trussoni Falling through Earth (2007) iv. 64 My uncles..had no sense of diplomacy. They went for the throat. P4. Other phrases. a. to clear one's throat: to clear phlegm from the throat by coughing or hawking, esp. before speaking or singing; to cough slightly before speaking so as to speak more clearly, to attract attention, or to delay speaking when hesitant. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. throat-clearing n. and adj. at Compounds 6. ΚΠ 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. B.iij^v I selly soule..Gan cleere my throte, and straue to sing my best. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L3^v One spreads his armes, cleares his throate, as who should say, attend, attend, for now hee speakes, whose conclusions are vnanswerable. 1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote IV. lxvi. 447 He cough'd and clear'd his Throat, and then with a voice somewhat hoarse..sung the following Song. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 397 Mrs. Hawkey is..clearing her throat for a long talk, myself settled down..for a long listen. 1872 Daily News 7 Aug. 6/2 The crowd was just clearing its throat for applause. 1892 W. H. Hudson Naturalist in La Plata xx. 307 The violent hawking of a man clearing his throat. 1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 19 May 33/5 Ireland has been clearing its throat for years and making other subdued noises to attract the attention of the British law-makers. 1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius i. i. 7 The husband cleared his throat, stalling for time in which to think of a polite response. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 Aug. 5 She got to her feet, cleared her throat and began singing. b. to jump down a person's throat: to respond to a person with excessive alacrity or eagerness; spec. (a) (in early use) to be overly attentive or favourable to; to be excessively eager to accept an invitation or proposal from a person; (b) (now usually) to respond immediately in an angrily critical or contradictory manner; to reply sharply or brusquely to a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively crownc1175 overpraisea1387 overhighc1400 bedaub1581 superexalt1610 to speak a person fara1616 allaud1621 rave1621 stellify1628 beatifya1677 bepraise1774 to jump down a person's throat1809 rapturize1822 belauda1849 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > be excessively attentive to jump down a person's throat1809 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > propose marriage [verb (intransitive)] > accept with alacrity to jump down a person's throat1809 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] reprovec1330 sniba1400 reprehend?a1439 expostulate1574 to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584 give it1594 reprimand1681 to pin a person's ears back1861 yell1886 to jump down a person's throat1916 to chew (a person's) ass1946 to slap (a person) down1960 1809 ‘Gabrielli’ Langhton Priory IV. i. 13 It was a fine thing to be a Lord... Every pretty girl was ready to jump down their throat. 1830 G. C. Mundy Pen & Pencil Sketches (1832) II. v. 290 I found..the whole collective faculty ready to jump down the throat of the rash sceptic venturing to broach his old-fashioned, exploded..Indian notions! 1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 141/2 What a deuced idiot I was to imagine that that girl was so ready to jump down my throat. 1871 Monthly Packet Sept. 287 The small boat held only three... ‘Just as well,’ Hugh said... ‘We don't want all to jump down her throat in a moment.’ 1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize xi. 215 He simply jumped down my throat the other day in your defence. 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. vii. 88 There's no need to jump down my throat. I was only trying to be helpful. 2000 Observer 18 June (Business section) 16/5 Have someone who will tell you your ideas are mad. And don't jump down their throat when you disagree with them. c. to stick in the throat: see stick v.¹ 26b, stick v.¹ 26c. Compounds C1. a. General attributive, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or affecting the throat’, as throat pain, throat surgery, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 345 The swelling Throat-ache, th' Epilepsie sad. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 To omit the hioides or throat-bone of animals. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 340 The vociferous Stentor..the most illustrious Throat-performer, or herald of antiquity. 1867 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 128 The throat-spasms entirely ceased. 1885 Med. Press & Circular 18 Mar. 247/1 The prominent laryngologist of New York, Dr. Louis Eisberg,..was the author..of numerous essays on throat surgery. 1943 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 453/2 One immediate effect noticed at hospital and dispensary was the relief of throat pain. 1976 M. Palin Diary 17 Feb. in Python Years (2006) 291 Afternoon visit to..the showbiz throat specialist. 2015 Salisbury Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Aug. Next time the person eats red meat they can suffer an allergic reaction that includes itching, burning and even throat swelling. b. throat cancer n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in throat throat cancer1843 odynophagia1880 1843 Amer. Agriculturist 16 Oct. 245/2 A diseased cow..with a sort of throat-cancer, or bronchitis, which could not be cured. 1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Oct. 1149/1 The exact anatomical relations of the sites of origin of non-intrinsic throat cancer in the soft tissues with reference to adjacent and opposed hard structures. 2016 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 14 Feb. 37 Wylie, 60, has terminal throat cancer and was told in January he has just weeks to live. throat infection n. ΚΠ 1863 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 20 Feb. Increased mortality in the nursery department had been caused by a severe epidemic of chest and throat infections. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 788/1 An elder brother died at 14 months of age following streptococcal throat infection that ‘went to his heart.’ 2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. 8 Clementine came back from the seaside with a throat infection. throat disease n. ΚΠ 1822 Statesman 21 Nov. Th' horse belonged to Sills when it was yare, But now, poor beast has got a throat disease. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 750 The so-called ‘lithæmic diathesis’ is a much more frequent cause of throat-disease than is generally believed. 2009 M. E. Heller & L. M. Veach Clin. Med. Assisting vi. 116/1 Hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing, history of goiter, tobacco use, or history of throat disease? throat muscle n. ΚΠ 1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Of Musculary Motion in Five Treat. 36 This is evidently discerned in the Masseter or Throat-muscle, the Deltoid, and divers others. 1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 195 The throat-muscles: through the broad thin muscle in front (mylo-hyoid) is seen the hypoglossal nerve. 2003 Marie Claire Dec. 374/1 You get less vital rapid-eye-movement sleep and, because your throat muscles relax, it [sc. alcohol before bedtime] can cause snoring and sleep apnoea. C2. attributive, with the sense ‘worn on, around, or near the throat’, as throat button, throat cloth, throat hasp, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neckerchief neckerchiefc1384 kerchiefc1400 neckercher1466 neckinger1573 napkin1590 neckcloth1598 neck-handkerchief1642 squeeze clout1795 throat cloth1871 1759 T. Turner Diary 8 Sept. (1984) (modernized text) 189 6 throat hasps 1s 1½d. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Dec. 2 He invariably wore a white throat-cloth or neckerchief. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxiv. 100 One button was missing between the upper or throat button and the third. 1921 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. 14/6 The only ornament worn while here was the diamond throat clasp presented by her husband on Christmas. 1951 Manch. Guardian 28 Mar. 3/2 In one tailored dress...the white throat bow ties up with a shiny white belt and white, wash-leather gloves. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 3 Wearing a black wig, stockings, skirt, and throat scarf. C3. attributive, designating markings and other distinctive features on the throats of animals. throat bar n. ΚΠ 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 318 Throat-bar black. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 180 Chuck-will's-widow..a whitish throatbar. 2015 T. K. Pratt & B. M. Beehler Birds New Guinea (ed. 2) 158 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus... Adult has black throat bar. throat feather n. ΚΠ 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 684 The tips of some of the throat feathers silky. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 162 Ravens, with throat-feathers acute, lengthened, disconnected. 2013 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 1 May 14 Look out for the common whitethroat singing lustily from a hedge top with its white throat feathers puffed out. throat fringe n. ΚΠ 1865 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 15 350 Throat-fringe elongate, covered with acute scales. 1896 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 Dec. 932 The narrowness and banded coloration of the throat-fringe must likewise be noted. 2002 H. Schütze Field Guide Mammals Kruger Nat. Park 44 The mane, beard, muzzle, throat fringe and horse-like tail are black. throat patch n. ΚΠ 1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Humming-birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. I) I. 105 The gorget or throat-patch is of a brilliant golden-yellow, reflected with green. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 195 Young birds lack..the crimson throat-patch. 2013 D. J. Fairbairn Odd Couples xi. 180 Male side-blotched lizards energetically display their brightly colored throat patches to establish dominance in their reproductive hierarchy. throat wattle n. ΚΠ 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 96 The Balearic Cranes have large open nostrils, naked cheeks, and throat-wattles. 1875 Zoologist 10 4686 It [sc. a species of cassowary] has but one medial throat-wattle, whence it has been named ‘uniappendiculatus’. 2002 S. Madge & P. McGowan Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse 292 Genus Gallus: junglefowls... Cocks have a prominent fleshy coronal comb, throat wattles and ear lappets. C4. Nautical. attributive, with the sense ‘of or relating to the throat of a sail or gaff’, as throat bolt, throat brail, throat cringle, throat downhaul, throat halyard, throat lashing. Cf. sense 9c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [adjective] throat1769 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for raising or lowering gaff peak halyard1728 throat halyard1769 peak downhaul1825 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails wyning1295 brailsa1450 clew-garnet1626 furling-line1626 buntline1627 clew-line1627 slabline1647 peak-brail1711 throat brail1769 buntline-span1882 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > fittings on mast for affixing rigging funnel1694 throat bolt1805 futtock-staff1841 necklace1860 truss-hoop1867 tumbler1867 futtock-hoop1874 bale-band1891 truss-band1909 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Pp^v The ropes employed to hoist up, and lower a gaff,..are called the throat and peek haliards. 1773 J. Stevenson Narr. Proc. between W. Hunt & J. Stevenson 108 The Throat-brails [printed Throat-bails] of the Mizen split the Sail. 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 245 Place the holes alternately on each edge, and the throat-bolts in the side arm of the hanging knees as high as possible. 1839 W. J. Neale Flying Dutchman I. xvi. 225 Hands by the vang and throat downhaul. 1841 B. J. Totten Naval Text-bk. 2 The..throat-lashing should be of well stretched rope. 1895 Outing 26 47/1 To bend a mainsail, shackle the throat cringle to the eyebolt under the jaws of the gaff [etc.]. 1901 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Encycl. (rev. ed.) 247 Throat Bolt, the metal eye-bolt in the throat of the gaff to which the lower throat haliard block is hooked. 1918 W. J. Thompson Wooden Shipbuilding ii. i. 166 Throat Brail, the rope which gathers a brailing sail up and into the throat of the gaff. 1942 V. R. Grimwood Amer. Ship Models iii. 71 Its [sc. the mainsail's] forward end is made fast at the forward or throat cringle in the head of the sail. 2005 M. McCarthy Ships' Fastenings vi. 75 (in figure) Throat Bolt. C5. Objective and locative, as throat-clutching, throat-slitting; throat-swollen adj., etc. ΚΠ a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) x. 191 Nero did..ne're contract With one throat-swoln, gor-bellied, or crump-back'd. 1846 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 547 As to homicide,—if by that phrase you mean throat-slitting,—why, my belief is..there is not a man who would by the hands of others do it more unscrupulously than yourself. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xv. 218 He felt that threats of throat-cutting were not the best means of smoothing and conciliating. 1924 Times 18 July 15/4 There may not be..any single moment of quite such writing, throat-clutching silence as that of waiting for the start of a quarter between two mighty rivals. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. i. 9 Ragged, throat-slitting Highlanders, lusting for elbow-room and still singing hotly of Bonnie Prince Charlie. 2014 R. Edwards Naming Jack the Ripper iv. 81 Some experts believe that she actually had a heart attack before the throat slashing. C6. † throat brisk n. Obsolete rare the part of the brisket of an animal nearest the throat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > breast breastOE throat brisk?1614 ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iii. 44 Apart flew either Thie; That with the fat they dubd, with art alone; The throte-briske, and the sweet-bread pricking on. throat-catching adj. causing the breath or voice to seem to catch in the throat; producing a sensation of tightness or pressure in the throat, esp. as a result of strong emotion; characterized by this. ΚΠ 1889 London Story Paper 4 May 8/3 Her story grief had worn out its violence and subsided into that hysterical throat-catching state you wot of. 1901 Musical Times Jan. 42/2 The curious throat-catching staccato effects in the runs [sc. in a solo from Monteverde's opera Orfeo] were well shown by Mr. Frank Pownall. 1920 C. Wood Mountain iii. 146 The beauty of the night was throat-catching. 2009 Financial Times 26 Sept. 23/4 A small scene of him and other limbless men playing a kind of group tennis was at once inspiring and throat-catching. throat chain n. (a) a chain placed at or around the throat of a person or animal; (b) Whaling a chain passed through the throat and tongue of a whale and used to hoist the head or throat on board ship in order for the flesh or baleen to be removed from the carcass (now historical). ΚΠ 1864 J. H. Ingraham Throne of David xviii. 575 The throat chain of the helmet nearly suffocated him. 1903 Fabrics, Fancy Goods & Notions Aug. 12/1 Some of the throat chains that fit close around the neck are seen in turquoise and coral. 1909 Pacific Dairy Rev. 20 May 20/3 Throat chains prevent cows from lying down when milking. 1984 T. G. Lytle Harpoons & Other Whalecraft vii. 139 Two types of throat spades..were used to cut long passages in the head for the head strap or throat chain, and both were used to remove the baleen, or bone..from baleen whales. 2012 E. Blue Doing Time in Depression i. 22 He threaded the long throat chain through the whole line of prisoners. † throat-chain toggle n. Whaling Obsolete a toggle securing a throat chain (throat chain n. (b)); cf. throat-toggle n. ΚΠ 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. iii. iii. 235 With a spade, a hole is made though both the throat and tongue, when the throat-chain toggle is inserted. 1914 Cent. Dict. IX. (rev. ed.) 6312/2 Throat-chain toggle, a stout rounded piece of wood used to pass through the bight of the toggle-chain to hold it to the throat of a bow-head whale. throat-clearing n. and adj. (a) n. the action or an act of clearing or trying to clear phlegm from the throat by coughing or hawking, or of coughing slightly before speaking so as to speak more clearly, to attract attention, or to delay speaking when hesitant; also figurative; (b) adj. of, relating to, or characterized by this. ΚΠ 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. v. 78 A vast deal of throat-clearing, face-stroking, and aukward hesitation. 1841 Musical World 241 15 Apr. The singers make their final throat-clearing ahem! 1909 W. De Morgan It Never Can Happen Again ix. 145 He did not improve this by beginning, in a throat-clearing, gasping way.., ‘I say, Missis’. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water iv. 80 Tremendous expectorations and shattering throat-clearings. 2008 New Yorker 14 Jan. 56/1 His laugh was followed by an explosive, throat-clearing cough. 2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. 16 The plot has been elbowed aside and put off for an awful lot of throat-clearing and scene-setting. throat clutch n. now rare a tightening or closing up of the throat during speaking, brought on by emotion, tension, or excessive effort. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > guttural or faucal throat letter1602 guttural1708 throat clutch1881 faucal1883 1881 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 28 Feb. The whelming hate that voiced itself..in the throat-clutch and semi-strangulation. 1895 F. Osgood in Forum (N.Y.) June 507 Nerve-strain tends to the prevalence of the high vocal pitch and to the American fault—the throat-clutch. 1913 L. P. Jacks All Men are Ghosts iii. 237 Years of lecturing on Systematic Theology had considerably damaged his vocal apparatus. He had developed a throat-clutch. 1992 D. Lang Secrets of Charisma iv. 81 The Throat Clutch. One of the most common difficulties people report is that their throats close up or tighten. throat deafness n. now historical hearing impairment associated with or attributed to abnormality of the Eustachian tube. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > [noun] > deafness > types of deafness throat deafness1840 nerve deafness1886 surdism1898 1840 Med. Times 5 Dec. 113/1 Throat-deafness had hitherto scarcely arrested the notice of general practitioners. 1902 Lancet 1 Nov. 1187/2 The form of deafness to which this article refers is that popularly known as ‘throat deafness’ and to the medical profession as ‘chronic dry catarrh of the middle ear’. It is generally believed to be due to stenosis of the Eustachian tube. 2014 M. Honigsbaum Hist. Great Influenza Pandemics v. 164 In January 1890, following the outbreak of Russian influenza, the list of diseases is extended to include asthma, hay fever, neuralgia and ‘throat deafness’. throat distemper n. chiefly U.S. (now historical) a disease characterized by swelling and ulceration of the throat, fever, and rash, occurring in several epidemics, mainly in New England, in the 18th cent., and having a significant mortality rate, esp. in children.It is generally believed that this disease may have been diphtheria or scarlet fever. ΚΠ 1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 1 This Distemper did emerge 20th. May, 1735, in Kingston Township 50 Miles Eastward from Boston... It was vulgarly called the Throat Illness, or a Plague in the Throat.] 1738 Boston (Mass.) Gaz. 6 May 3/2 The Throat Distemper, so called, still continues in the Eastern Parts of this Province, and has proved mortal to many of the younger sort. 1836 W. A. Alcott Moral Reformer II. 145 Why, it will cure ‘Throat Distemper or Malignant, Putrid, Ulcerated Sore Throat, Scarlet Fever, Canker Rash, (we should like to know the difference between Canker Rash and one or two of the diseases previously mentioned,) [etc.]’. 1968 Amer. Q. 20 627 (note) Epidemics of smallpox and ‘throat distemper’ occurred in these years. 2001 G. C. Kohn Encycl. Plague & Pestilence (rev. ed.) 234/2 At the time physicians did not understand fully how the ‘throat distemper’ was transmitted. throat flap n. (a) the epiglottis (rare); (b) an erectile fold of skin (dewlap) on the throat of a lizard. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of neck or throat ringbonec1400 ring?a1425 lavell1530 epiglot1547 flap?1550 weezle1594 cricoid1615 epiglottis1615 over-tongue1615 ring-gristle1615 shield-gristle1615 throat stopper1661 guggle1680 throat flap1683 ring cartilage1690 fillet1693 thyroid cartilage1726 thyroid1840 arytenoid1849 shield-cartilage1881 triticeous cartilage or nodule1891 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iv. x. 165 The Epiglottis or Throat-flap, that covers the chink of the Larynx has no discernible Muscles in Man, nor I believe in the Horse. 1795 J. Carroll Amer. Criterion Eng. Lang. 88 Epi, which signifies..after; as epiglottis, the aftertongue, or throat-flap. 1950 H. M. Smith Handbk. Amphibians & Reptiles Kansas 159 Anolis carolinensis... No longitudinal throat flap. 1993 M. M. Iwu Handbk. Afr. Medicinal Plants v. 337 The surgeons in Bafuleroland are renowned for their precision in cutting off the upper end of the throat flap (epiglottis) for the treatment of a variety of illnesses. 2010 Evolution 64 2733/1 Anoles are primarily arboreal lizards distinguished by their adhesive toepads, extensible throat flap (the dewlap), and remarkable range of diversity in both size and shape. † throat-full adj. Obsolete full to the throat; very full; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated full of foodOE surfeitousc1390 repletea1400 satiate1440 fulsome1447 overfed1579 surfeited1584 gorged1594 overgorged1607 gluttoneda1658 saturated1658 throat-full1681 quat?c1730 stalled1740 englutted1814 cloyed1830 stodged1873 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim brerd-fullc1000 bret-fullc1200 staff-fulla1400 chock-fullc1440 brimful1530 brink-full1553 top-full1553 brim-charged1582 bankfullc1600 crowned1603 full-brimmed1614 brimmed1624 teemful1673 brimming1697 stock-full1782 throat-fulla1800 jam-full1835 cram-full1837 stodge-full1847 chockc1850 top-filled1860 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 475/1 To dine, or eat till he be throatfull. a1800 W. Cowper On Receipt of Hamper in Poet. Wks. (1845) 489 Next a bottle green Throat-full, clear spirits the contents. 1865 Athenæum 8 July 39/2 It [sc. the book] is throat-full of gossip. 1903 A. Bierce Shapes of Clay 277 Heavenly Powers, Feed him throat-full: for what the beggar writes Upon his empty stomach empties ours! throat jaws n. †(a) horny jaw-like structures in the pharynx of a nereid worm, used for grasping prey (obsolete rare); (b) tooth-bearing bones of the branchial arch, found in the pharynx of many fishes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > jaw-like pharyngeal bones throat jaws1854 1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 July 36/2 I was surprised to observe..how firmly the throat-jaws held the piece when it would not yield. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. §18. 318 Moving those ‘throat-jaws’, the pharyngeal bones, which exist in so many of the lowest Vertebrate class. 2001 S. T. Ross et al. Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 423/2 To accommodate this unique feeding pattern, both the bones of the pharyngeal jaws (throat jaws) are enlarged, as are the muscles responsible for the crushing movement. throat letter n. now rare a guttural consonant or other speech sound; cf. guttural adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > guttural or faucal throat letter1602 guttural1708 throat clutch1881 faucal1883 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 55 The Cornish is more easie to bee pronounced, and not so vnpleasing in sound, with throat letters, as the Welsh. 1847 Proc. Philol. Soc. (1848) 3 116 A similar interchange between lip and throat letters. 1908 Westm. Rev. Mar. 328 In the primitive language from which English as well as Latin and Greek are derived, the first letter of ‘hand’ was not an aspirate but a guttural or throat-letter. 2001 S. I. Sara in C. W. Kreidler Phonol. ii. 22 This is a feature that distinguishes a certain group of letters from the throat letters. throat lozenge n. a lozenge used to treat a cough or soothe a sore throat. ΚΠ 1860 Boston Herald 11 Feb. (advt.) Weston's Throat Lozenges—A sure remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, [etc.] 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxiii. 195 Owing to its oxidizing power, it [sc. potassium chlorate] is a germicide and is used for making throat lozenges. 2015 Guardian (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 13 May 13 To soothe a sore throat and cough, try..sucking on an ice cube or a throat lozenge. throat mane n. a growth of relatively long hair on the front of an animal's neck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (part of) hair > in specific place hair-ball1712 throat mane1892 1892 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 388 Certainly several Kilima-njaro heads that I have seen have white throat-manes, while the South-African specimens have black ones. 1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 213 Mountain caribou... Neck greyish brown with a small white throat mane. 2007 E. C. Mungall Exotic Animal Field Guide 107/1 Pére David's Deer... In winter, males grow shaggy throat mane. throat microphone n. a microphone of a type typically used to pick up speech in noisy environments, having a sensor or sensors attached to a speaker's throat which convert vibrations from the larynx into electrical signals; cf. throat mike n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > microphone carbon transmitter1878 microphone1878 carbon microphone1879 pantelephone1881 phonoscope1890 mike1911 condenser microphone1921 magnetophone1922 radio microphone1922 ionophone1924 crystal microphone1925 ribbon microphone1925 radio mike1926 laryngophone1927 velocity microphone1931 ribbon mike1933 pressure microphone1934 bug1936 eight ball1937 ribbon1937 throat microphone1937 throat mike1937 rifle microphone1938 parabolic microphone1939 lip microphone1941 intercept1942 spike mike1950 spy-mike1955 spy-microphone1960 mic1961 rifle mike1961 gun microphone1962 spike microphone1962 shotgun microphone1968 Lavallière1972 wire1973 sneaky1974 multi-mikes1990 1937 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. xx. 4/2 One of the most interesting developments of the past few months has been the development of a throat microphone for pilots. 1972 K. Benton Spy in Chancery i. 13 He began to talk quietly through his throat microphone, which connected with a transmitter in his pocket. 2005 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Dec. Throat microphones will be used at noisy sports events. throat mike n. = throat microphone n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > microphone carbon transmitter1878 microphone1878 carbon microphone1879 pantelephone1881 phonoscope1890 mike1911 condenser microphone1921 magnetophone1922 radio microphone1922 ionophone1924 crystal microphone1925 ribbon microphone1925 radio mike1926 laryngophone1927 velocity microphone1931 ribbon mike1933 pressure microphone1934 bug1936 eight ball1937 ribbon1937 throat microphone1937 throat mike1937 rifle microphone1938 parabolic microphone1939 lip microphone1941 intercept1942 spike mike1950 spy-mike1955 spy-microphone1960 mic1961 rifle mike1961 gun microphone1962 spike microphone1962 shotgun microphone1968 Lavallière1972 wire1973 sneaky1974 multi-mikes1990 1937 Pop. Mech. Mag. Dec. 846/2 Designed to reduce hazards of present large-size hand microphones, a small throat ‘mike’ for pilots is under test. 1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise xvi. 170 The sensitive throat-mike would pick up the vibration of his vocal chords and relay them. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 June (Personal Tech. section) 5 Wearing a throat mike makes you look like a black ops tough guy. throat pipe n. (a) the trachea (windpipe) or the oesophagus (cf. sense 2a) (now rare); †(b) the pipe in a steam engine which carries steam from the boiler to the cylinder (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages > wind-pipe arberc1330 stroup1338 arterya1398 string1398 weasand1398 tracheac1400 thrapple?c1425 throat-goll1530 windpipe1530 weezle1538 weasand-pipe1544 throat pipe?1559 lung-pipe1562 whistlea1625 weezle-pipe1632 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts fire door1765 hand gear1805 throat pipe1824 cataract1832 cut-off1849 coil1852 pot-lid1856 main centre1858 trunk1859 piston sleeve1872 ?1559 Interiorum Corporis Humani Partium (verso first leaf) E Signifieth the throte pype, called in Laten Gula, & interior Collifistula. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 185 The inhabitants of this region haue the balles of their throat-pipes very great. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 29 She..stab'd her husband..in the face, thinking to strike him in the throat-pipes. 1744 J. D. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. 475 The Regulator is open, as appears by its Plate..being remov'd from under the Communication or Throat-Pipe..that goes into the cylinder. 1758 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 2) xiii. 230 BB the boiler 12 feet diameter, which communicates with the cylinder, by the hole 2, and throat pipe E, 6 or 8 inches diameter. 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 72 The regulator valve [the ‘throttle’], which opens or shuts the communication between the cylinder and boiler by the throat-pipe. 2005 S. Schlosberg & L. Neporent Fitness for Dummies (ed. 3) viii. 113 To use the neck method [of taking your pulse], place your index and middle fingers..in the groove on either side of your throat pipe. throat pit n. now rare a triangular depression at the base of the throat; the suprasternal notch. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > front of neck > hollow at throat pit1577 salt cellar1870 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Ioyfull Newes i. f. 29 Lette hym take the Yolke of an Egge rosted hot..and put into a course Linen Clothe, and so rounde let hym put it into the Throate Pitte [Sp. hoyo de la garganta]. a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 5 Some are so curious as to observe the depth of the Throat-pit. 1864 E. M. Hale New Remedies 365 Cough excited by pressure on throat pit. 2015 S. Sturgess Supreme Art & Sci. Rāja & Kriyā Yoga iv. 153 Viśuddha is located in the cervical plexus directly behind the throat pit. throat pouch n. any of various distensible or erectile structures located on or within the throat of certain animals (including birds, lizards, frogs, etc.), serving purposes such as the storage or acquisition of food, the enhancement of vocalizations, and sexual display; cf. throat sac n. and throat flap n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > throat-pouch throat pouch1819 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXI. at Lizard The horned guana is a variety of the iguana, and is nearly the same in size and general proportions... It wants, however, the throat pouch. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xii. 33 In the genus Sitana, the males alone are furnished with a large throat-pouch. 1954 Sci. News Let. 17 Apr. 242/3 The mouthbreeder, Tilapia macrocephala, protects his offspring from predatory fishes and bacteria by churning them around and around in his throat pouch. 1983 Copeia 6 May 304/2 The male throat pouch, a secondary sex characteristic indicating sexual maturity, begins to develop in some cricket frogs in Oct. 2006 Field Guide Birds N. Amer. (National Geographic Soc.) (ed. 5) 104 Smaller Double-crested Cormorant has orange throat pouch. throat register n. Music (a) the middle register of the voice, below the head voice (head voice n.), now usually considered to constitute the upper part of the chest voice; (b) the second-lowest register of the clarinet, extending from written G above middle C to the B flat above this. ΚΠ 1854 J. Winebrenner Seraphina 13/2 The larynx register (improperly called by some throat register) begins at F, and sometimes at E. 1888 A. A. Clappé Band Teacher's Assistant i. 34 The throat register is the weakest part of the tone of a clarionet. 1948 Music Educators Jrnl. 35 27/1 A very stiff reed tends to sharpen the pitch, especially in the throat register. 1989 Music Anal. 8 156 The opening section lies more or less in the so-called ‘throat’ register. 2009 S. Rye Your Voice is your Calling Card viii. 87 Resonance can be felt in the upper chest and throat (hence some coaches refer to this as the upper chest voice or the throat register). throat ring n. †(a) a ring worn round the neck for ornamentation (obsolete rare); (b) Anatomy a ring of tonsils and smaller aggregates of lymphoid tissue surrounding the opening of the throat; = Waldeyer's ring n. at Waldeyer n. (rare). [In sense (b) after German Rachenring (1884).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glands of throat throat ring1836 Waldeyer's ring1896 1836 A. F. Gardiner Narr. Journey Zoolu Country 105 The metal is molten, and..run into bars for forming throat rings and armlets. 1903 Med. Record 7 Feb. 228 The various lymphatic structures in Waldeyer's so-called lymphatic throat ring. 2006 M. E. Gerber & R. T. Cotton in B. J. Bailey et al. Head & Neck Surg.—Otolaryngol. I. (ed. 4) xcviii. 1361/1 Radiographic studies usually include computed tomography (CT) of the chest and neck to include the Waldeyer throat ring. † throat room n. Obsolete opportunity to speak or shout.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > room for shouting throat room1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xii. 279 Let me have elbow-room, throat-room, and I will not fail! throat root n. U.S. (now historical) any of various species of avens (genus Geum) used in the treatment of sore throats, esp. water avens, Geum rivale, and Geum virginianum (native to North America and having small whitish flowers). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > avens or herb bennet avensc1250 herb benneta1475 geum1548 mountain avens1648 throat root1785 dryas1798 clove-root1866 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 454 Water Avens. Throatroot. Cureall. Blossoms purplish. In boggy meadows. 1850 Ohio Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 2 109 Geum virginianum. Linn. Com. names—White Avens, Evan root, Avens, Chocolate root, Cure-all, Throat-root. 1920 Amer. Botanist 26 1122 The most important instance of this is Geum rivale which is known as ‘throatwort’, ‘throat root’ and ‘cureall’. 2007 D. Rayburn Let's get Nat. with Herbs 61 Avens..(Geum urbanum) Synonyms/Related Species: Bennet's Root, Blessed Herb.., Throat Root. † throat rupture n. Obsolete a protuberant swelling in the neck, spec. a goitre. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > goitre wen1530 strume1559 struma1565 Bavarian poke1621 goitre1625 bronchocele1657 throat rupture1662 strumosity1674 Derby neck1769 Derbyshire neck1802 tracheocele1828 Graves's disease1868 thyrocele1886 strumitis1889 1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) iii. 544/2 This tumor because in the throat, upon the rough Artery, because both are called Bronchi; and because it hath the same cause that Hernia or Rupture hath, is called Broncocele or throat Rupture [L. Bronchocelem seu Gutturis herniam]. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ii. 44 One called Blandin had his neck wonderfully swelled with the Throat-Rupture [L. Bronchocelen]. 1756 J. Elphinston Anal. French & Eng. Langs. II. 16/2 Goître, throat-rupture. throat sac n. a distensible pouch of skin in the throat of an animal, used esp. for catching prey (as in pelicans), display (as in certain birds), or vocalization (as in male frogs and some apes).Also called gular sac or (in frogs) vocal sac. ΚΠ 1813 A. Fyfe Outl. Compar. Anat. ii. 204 There is also, in the Male Bustard, a Throat Sac under the Skin of the Neck. 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. vi. 273 Darwin's Frog..represents a genus remarkable for the throat-sac of the males being enlarged and modified so as to form an extensive chamber on the under surface of the body in which the eggs and tadpoles undergo their development. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo vii. 125 The pendulous red pouch of the marabou's throat sac. 2002 Sci. Amer. June 62/1 The animal [sc. a male orangutan] has..a well-developed throat sac used for emitting loud cries known as long calls. throat seizing n. Nautical a seizing (seizing n. 2b) differing from a round seizing (round seizing n. at round adj. Compounds 2a) chiefly in being used to bind together the crossed ends of a looped rope at the point where they cross in order to form an eye (eye n.¹ 13c) or strop (strop n.¹ 2a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > seizing on throat seizing1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 173 Throat-seizing is the first seizing clapt on where a rope, or ropes, cross each other. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Throat-seizing, in blocks, confines the hook and thimble in the strop home to the scores. 1947 H. Wyllie Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1948) 34 230 The throat and round seizings have to be constantly repassed in order to get the hearts and deadeyes turned in really snug after a pull has been got upon the lanyards. 2013 P. G. Tortora & I. Johnson Fairchild Bks. Dict. Textiles (8 ed.) 542 In throat seizing, the two ropes cross each other and are tied together. throat slitter n. a person who or (occasionally) a thing which slits throats; esp. a murderer, an assassin; (also figurative) a person who engages in ruthless behaviour, typically in a competitive environment. ΚΠ 1891 M. P. Negreponte Io & Other Verse 62 Centuries of throat-slitters, of cowards, and of brutes. 1968 S. Yurick Bag ix. 383 Dumping ground for unreachables, dropouts, dissenters, freakouts.., woozy con men and throatslitters. 1995 Times 13 July 16/5 Nobody ever says they want a nice lawyer. They say, ‘I want a barracuda. I want a real throat-slitter.’ 2001 Food Engin. Sept. 49/2 The birds are still unconscious when they reach the automatic throat slitter. 2010 New Yorker 30 Aug. 53/2 The conservative operative Grover Norquist..is known for praising ‘throat slitters’ in politics. throat spray n. a medicated liquid administered to the throat as a spray, esp. for the treatment of a sore throat or cough; (also) any of various devices for administering such a spray. ΚΠ 1868 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. (end matter) (advt.) Vulcanised throat spray inhaler. 1870 Catal. Surg. Instruments & Apparatus (Coxeter & Son) 72 (heading) Trachea and laryngeal instruments, throat sprays, and inhalers. 1915 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 16 234 It is..safe as a throat spray or mouth wash. 1916 E. L. Coolidge Home Care of Sick Children ii. 73 The throat spray is a different kind of apparatus; usually it has a long metal or rubber nozzle. 2003 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 21/1 You may benefit from trying an interesting new throat spray..which is antioxidant and anti-inflammatory and also has antibacterial and antiviral actions. † throat stopper n. Obsolete rare the epiglottis. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of neck or throat ringbonec1400 ring?a1425 lavell1530 epiglot1547 flap?1550 weezle1594 cricoid1615 epiglottis1615 over-tongue1615 ring-gristle1615 shield-gristle1615 throat stopper1661 guggle1680 throat flap1683 ring cartilage1690 fillet1693 thyroid cartilage1726 thyroid1840 arytenoid1849 shield-cartilage1881 triticeous cartilage or nodule1891 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. b3^v The throat stopper is in none [sc. birds], yet they temper the motion so, that nothing may fall into the throat. throat strap n. a strap passing under the throat of a horse or other animal, forming part of a halter, bridle, or harness; cf. throatlatch n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of headstallc1330 trench1480 stalk1497 musrol1551 head-strain?1561 water-chain?1561 throat band1585 cavesson1598 mullen1598 nose bit?a1600 front-stall1601 ampyx1607 chain1607 fillet1607 cheek-band1611 cheekpiece1611 noseband1611 throat thong1611 headpiece1678 throatlatch1693 headband1704 trenchefil1730 bridoon1744 banquet1753 head1756 cheek1795 throat strap1803 frontlet1805 throat-lash1805 cheekstrap1834 brow-band1844 nosepiece1865 shank1879 1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. I. 364 Halters are of two kinds; the one prepared of twisted hemp, the other made of leather, having head-stall, throat-straps and buckles. 1934 B. I. Buchanan Pioneer Days Natal 31 The straight yoke was placed across their necks and secured by the throat strap. 2006 Classical Philol. 101 351 The donkey wears a halter (no snaffle or bit), and we can also see the throat strap to which a yoke or baggage frame would be attached. throat sweet n. a medicated lozenge or boiled sweet used to relieve a cough or soothe a sore throat; a cough drop.Cf. cough sweet n. at cough n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > drop, lozenge, or comfit comfit1334 pastille1451 table1580 confect1587 violet tables1620 sugar-pluma1668 plum1694 nonpareil1697 rose drop1727 lemon-drop1807 drop1818 jujube1835 pear drop1852 pandrop1877 conversation lozenge1905 cushion1906 fruit drop1907 1935 Chemist & Druggist 9 Nov. 4 ‘Mac’ Brand Antiseptic Throat Sweets have all the elements of a best seller. They look like sweets, they taste like sweets. Yet they contain..an antiseptic 250 times stronger than pure phenol. 2003 M. Ali Brick Lane viii. 198 A packet of throat sweets was lying crushed at the bottom of the bag. Nazneen pulled it out and held it up. ‘Look. Leaking honey.’ 2021 @Blackbeards_TP 2 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Jan. 2022) Guys, don't eat a menthol throat sweet while you're wearing a face mask!! I think my eyes are melting. throat sweetbread n. the thymus gland of an animal, esp. as used for food and esteemed a delicacy; also called neck sweetbread at sweetbread n.¹ 1. ΚΠ 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 160 The Throat Sweet-bread, and the Wind-pipe Sweet-bread, which is the finest. 1858 Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 460/1 Blanch some throat sweetbreads, and, when cold, cut them in slices. 1946 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. 24/3 The [thymus] gland consists of two parts, the throat sweetbreads and the heart sweetbreads, which are usually sold together as a pair. 2003 Independent 25 Oct. (Review section) 56/1 This stomach sweetbread (as opposed to the throat sweetbread we'd had in New York) was plump and sweet, with a delicate flavour. † throat thong n. Obsolete = throatlatch n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of headstallc1330 trench1480 stalk1497 musrol1551 head-strain?1561 water-chain?1561 throat band1585 cavesson1598 mullen1598 nose bit?a1600 front-stall1601 ampyx1607 chain1607 fillet1607 cheek-band1611 cheekpiece1611 noseband1611 throat thong1611 headpiece1678 throatlatch1693 headband1704 trenchefil1730 bridoon1744 banquet1753 head1756 cheek1795 throat strap1803 frontlet1805 throat-lash1805 cheekstrap1834 brow-band1844 nosepiece1865 shank1879 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sousgorge d'une bride, the throat-thong, or throat-band of a bridle. 1885 J. W. Ozanne & H. Sachs tr. H. Stumm Russia in Central Asia vi. 322 The bit of the snaffle hangs, for the most part, under the horse's throat-thong, and the Cossack directs his horse almost entirely with the mouth, the feet, and, more than all,..whip. † throat-toggle n. Whaling Obsolete = throat-chain toggle n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > toggle securing throat-chain throat-toggle1874 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 232 The cutting gear..consists of toggles, spades, boarding and leaning knives,..throat-toggle, head axes, etc. † throat vent n. Obsolete an outlet at the back of a coking oven which may be opened to allow smoke to escape and to cause oxygen to be drawn into the furnace. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > flues or parts of flues boshes1686 worm1758 throat vent1839 take-down1850 baffler1861 trunnel-hole1868 velvet tree1875 baffle1881 throat1919 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 997 The throat-vents..are then left open. throat wash n. a medicated liquid used for gargling. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the throat > gargles gargarism1398 diamoronc1400 gargarise1541 gurgle1562 uvule1589 gargle1657 throat wash1851 1851 Graefenberg Man. Health (ed. 12) 273 The gargle..will be found suitable for almost all ordinary purposes requiring a throat wash. 1901 Lancet 2 Nov. 1203/1 The application of an antiseptic throat-wash. 2014 L. B. White et al. 500 Time-tested Home Remedies 473/1 Try gargling with a capful of straight Listerine for a throat wash (if you don't mind the sweeteners and alcohol). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2022). throatv. Brit. /θrəʊt/, U.S. /θroʊt/ Forms: see throat n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: throat n. Etymology: < throat n.With use in sense 1b compare throater n., attested earlier in the corresponding sense. 1. a. transitive. To attack or injure the throat of; (in later use esp.) to seize by the throat. Now rare.In quots. a1382, 1440 perhaps: to cut the throat of; to kill, slaughter; cf. throttle v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by stabbing or cutting snithec725 ofstingeOE stickOE to sting to death13.. to put (do) to the sword1338 throata1382 to strike dead, to (the) deathc1390 hewc1400 stab1530 to stab (a person) in1530 poniard1593 stiletto1613 jugulate1623 kris1625 dagger1694 pike1787 to cut down1821 sword1863 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 4 Kings x. 14 Whom when thei hadden taken alyue, thei throtyden [a1425 L.V. strangliden; L. jugulaverunt, Gk. ἔσϕαξαν] hem in the cystern, besyde the chaumbre. 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 1824 Lich a wolf þat comth to a folde, First he feseth þe scheep with his chere, And aftir ful slyly wil he now beholde Who he may þrote hem both there and here. 1787 London Chron. 25 Sept. 295/2 The enraged multitude surrounded Gen. Murray's carriage, one of whom throated him, and would have put a period to his existence. 1846 Jrnl. Health & Dis. Apr. 320 Each [hound] strained his best to reach the game, and not a spirit among them but what would have haunched or throated him with the last throe of life remaining. 1863 Colman's Mag. Jan. 47 Gillingham' s bird had been hit; the spur of the red cock had gone through the neck. ‘He's throated’, cried out young Green. 1943 R. N. Cutbirth Ed Nichols rode a Horse iv. 21 If that man had put one foot on the porch the dog would have throated him. b. transitive. Fishing. North American (chiefly Newfoundland). To cut the throat of a fish behind the gills; spec. to prepare a caught fish for gutting by cutting the throat and slitting the belly up to the gills. Also intransitive.Cf. slightly earlier throating n. 3. ΚΠ 1874 E. Kellogg Fisher Boys of Pleasant Cove xi. 160 ‘Who's going to throat? and who's going to head for me?’ says the skipper. 1904 Albert Lea (Minnesota) Enterprise 2 Nov. A land-locked salmon caught by J. S. Gale..weighed about thirty pounds just as it came out of the water, and now weighs twenty-four after having been throated. a1969 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 563/2 The man on the right is ‘throating’, heading and gutting; usually this is done by two men. 1984 New Eng. Q. 57 188 The shoreman, master and midshipman shared the tasks of splitting, throating, and heading the fish. 1996 P. Kavanagh Gaff Topsails vi. 43 He throats the fish and slices the belly cleanly all the way back to the tail. 2. transitive. To utter or articulate in or from the throat; esp. to speak, sing, etc., loudly or powerfully; to shout; (also) to utter in a guttural tone. Frequently with direct speech as object. Also with out. Also occasionally intransitive.In quot. 1696 with direct and indirect object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > throatily or harshly jangle1377 brayc1400 out-braya1561 yawp1567 throttle1582 swoop1605 throat?1611 caw1616 gargle1635 snarl1693 growl1759 croak1791 rasp1877 to grind out1889 grate1921 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [verb (transitive)] > guttural or faucal > articulate as throat?1611 gutturalize1823 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 135 So Hector hereto throated threats, to go to sea in blood. 1619 J. Squire in R. Ley & J. Squire Two Serm. ii. 50 Let them throate out their malice against vs. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 113 Throating it out, wheresoever he comes,..‘I am an Alguazil’. 1696 R. Norton Pausanias i. i. 2 He throated you out Laws, Laws Laws for an hour together. 1858 Yale Lit. Mag. Aug. 369 What a lovely ditty floats To the raptured beau that listens while she throats ‘Shining moon’. 1868 J. Parker Springdale Abbey xxii. 347 There have always been frogs enough to throat out false complaints against God's dear elect. 1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger v. iii. 304 ‘Barley water!’ Mr. Marrapit throated. ‘Barley water!’ 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic ix. 116 Music was being throated from a reed organ. 1952 G. Douglas Leaves of Gold 152 Kookaburra laughing in his glee, Or Magpie throating out his melody. 1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF iii. 35 That was Irma throating from the bedroom. 2006 S. B. Gonzales Under Big Sky 283 He throated deeply under his breath, ‘You're doin' one hell of a good job.’ 3. transitive. Agriculture. English regional (south-eastern). To harvest (a crop) by approaching it from the direction towards which the stems or ears bend. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > reap or mow a crop > against the bending throat1742 1742 [implied in: W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Aug. xv. 68 When they mow Beans against their Bending, they [in the Vale of Aylesbury] call it Throating. (at throating n. a)]. 1763 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) I. 236 Mons. de L'Isle's workman cuts the wheat against the bending, or, as an Aylesbury-vale man would say, throats it. 1918 Agric. Gaz. & Mod. Farming 2 Sept. 210/3 Some of the wheat on Dagenham marshes was knocked down by heavy rain, and it cuts best when the machine faces the ears, what is known locally as throating it. 4. a. transitive. To design or shape in such a way as to include a throat (in various senses of throat n. II.); to provide with a throat. Usually in passive. ΚΠ 1781 M. Stalkartt Naval Archit. v. xi. 165 You may be certain when the cheek is throated, there will be no angle in the throat. 1894 W. J. Lineham Text-bk. Mech. Engin. i. vii. 335 The tube-plate x, ¹³/ ₁₆ inch thick, is throated to fit the furnace flue. 1922 Jrnl. Soc. Automotive Engineers June 493/1 Worm gears differ from helical gears in that the face of the wormwheel is throated. 2005 J. R. Davis Gear Materials, Properties, Manuf. xiv. 295/1 The gears of these sets are throated to provide a greatly increased area of contact surface. b. transitive. Building. To provide (a sill, string course, coping, etc.) with a groove or channel to prevent rainwater running back towards the wall; to make a throat or throating in (see throat n. 8c, throating n. 2a). Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > provide with wall(s) > provide with coping, water-table, or throat copea1625 water-table1797 throat1823 weather1833 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 311 [The fascia] is fluted or throated on its upper edge, to prevent the water from running over the ashlaring. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 472/2 Sills are weathered and throated like the parts of a string course. 1883 Specif. Alnwick & Cornhill Railway 5 Ashlar Copings..no stone is to be less than 2 feet 6 inches in length, and the whole are to be weathered and throated. 1908 G. Ellis Mod. Pract. Joinery (ed. 3) 196 Sills are weathered..and throated—that is, grooved in the edge of the rebate to break the flow and prevent the water being drawn between the sash and sill by capillary attraction. 1977 B. Martin Joints in Buildings ii. 104/1 When a slate sill is used with a timber window frame set in a forward position, it is normally stepped, weathered and throated. 2007 A. J. Charlett Fund. Building Technol. ix. 104 To discourage water penetration across the underside of the cill it is throated with a small groove on its underside. c. transitive. Firearms. To provide (a rifle, pistol, etc.) with a throat (throat n. 7f) of a certain size. ΚΠ 1905 Amer. Rifleman 18 May 110/1 To use it, the barrel must be throated ahead of the chamber. 1937 P. B. Sharpe Compl. Guide Handloading 241/1 New Winchester .30/06 barrels..are throated about ¹/ ₃₂ inch tighter than the Springfield standard. 1973 Guns & Ammo Jan. 12/2 The old Hudson Scheutzen bullet was oversized and the rifles had to be throated for it. 2010 M. Ayoob Greatest Handguns World i. 19/1 Throat the feedway at the factory for the length and configuration of the cartridges likely to be used, and you will have a 1911 every bit as reliable as the Beretta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOEv.a1382
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