\Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote,
[thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. &
D. stort. Cf. {Throttle}.]
1. (Anat.)
   (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
       vertebral column.
   (b) 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.
3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
   portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
   the flue. --Gwilt.
4. (Naut.)
   (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
       staysail.
   (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
   (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
       shank. --Totten.
5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
   the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
{Throat brails} (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to
   the mast.
{Throat halyards} (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of
   the gaff.
{Throat pipe} (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
{To give one the lie in his throat}, to accuse one pointedly
   of lying abominably.
{To lie in one's throat}, to lie flatly or abominably.

\Throat\, v. t.
1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
   [Obs.] --Chapman.
2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
   [Prov. Eng.]