1828 dictionary Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary 1828 webster
Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
1828 american dictionary
 
1828 dictionary online
May 27, 2012

Results
1828 dictionary(8) Words.

Found In

Bible Results
Webster
KJV
1828 dictionaryTo be ...
These Bibles or ...
1828 dictionary... Completed
... Maybe you pick two (KJV vs Young's Literal) if logged in
T  ›  throat
T › throat
1828 Definition

THROAT, n.

1. The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.

In medicine, the fauces; all that hollow or cavity which may be seen when the mouth is wide open.

2. In seamen's language, that end of a gaff which is next the mast.

3. In ship-building, the inside of the knee-timber at the middle or turns of the arms; also, the inner part of the arms of an anchor where they join the shank; and the middle part of a floor-timber.

Throat-brails, brails attached to the gaff, close to the mast.

Throat-halliards, are those that raise the throat of the gaff.

THROAT, v.t. To mow beans in a direction against their bending. [Local.]

1913 Definition
Throat (throat)
n.(thr1913 webster dictionaryt)
Throat
[OE. throte, AS. þrote, þrotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. *** D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]
  1. The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
    (b)
  2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
  3. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
    Gwilt.
  4. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
    (b)
  5. The inside of a timber knee.
  6. 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.

  7. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
    [Obs.] Chapman.
  8. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
    [Prov. Eng.]
1828 dictionary
Noah Says...
An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
 Letter to David McClure :: October 25, 1837 




Real entrepreneurs, real interviews, real insight
The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship's instructional and and intrview videos offer insight to the entreprenurial businessperson




1828 dictionary
Browse
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
monte








myApp