Word Meanings - THROAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt. 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

Additional info about word: THROAT

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt. 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. Totten. (more info) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak. 2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

Related words: (words related to THROAT)

• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• WHEREIN
  1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet
• WHEREVER
  At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury.
• GATHER
  1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. When small humors gather to a gout. Pope. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. Tennyson. 2. To grow larger
• UPPERMOST
  Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.
• PORTIONIST
  One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
• ASCENDENCY
  Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination.
• WHERETO
  1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
• WHEREAS
  1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that;
• WHERE'ER
  Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.
• CHIMNEY-BREAST
  The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• UPPERTENDOM
  The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
• ASCENDIBLE
  Capable of being ascended; climbable.
• WHEREINTO
  1. Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. 2. Into what; -- used interrogatively.
• WHERESOE'ER
  Wheresoever. "Wheresoe'er they rove." Milton.
• WHERETHROUGH
  Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
• GATHERER
  An attachment for making gathers in the cloth. (more info) 1. One who gathers or collects.
• CHIMNEY-PIECE
  A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace.
• ASCENDING
  Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude , the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line , the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• WHER; WHERE
  Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• UNTANGLE
  To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.
• BRANGLE
  A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift. (more info) brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused
• PROPORTIONATE
  Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
• QUINQUEANGLED
  Having five angles; quinquangular.
• TRIANGLE
  A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A
• REAPPORTIONMENT
  A second or a new apportionment.
• MISPROPORTION
  To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
• EVERYWHERENESS
  Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew.
• EVERYWHERE
  In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.
• WIDE-ANGLE
  Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing