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The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
vertebral column. |
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Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the
pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. |
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A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase. |
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The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of
the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. |
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The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
staysail. |
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That end of a gaff which is next the mast. |
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The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
shank. |
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The inside of a timber knee. |
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The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube
of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. |
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To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat
threats. |
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To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. |
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