throat

• the passage to the stomach and lungs
• an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
• a passage resembling a throat in shape or function
• the part of an animal´s body that corresponds to a person´s throat
• The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column
• Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs
• A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way
• The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue
• The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail
• That end of a gaff which is next the mast
• The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank
• The inside of a timber knee
• The orifice of a tubular organ
• To utter in the throat
• To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending

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