The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube
of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat
threats.

The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
staysail.

The inside of a timber knee.

That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

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

Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the
pharynx; – sometimes restricted to the fauces.

The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
vertebral column.

A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase.

The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
shank.