Throat halyards

Throat \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.
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                I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.
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   2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
      the throat of a pitcher or vase.
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   3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
      portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
      the flue. --Gwilt.
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   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.
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   5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
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   6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
      the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
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   {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.
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