THROAT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English throte, from Old English; akin to Old High German drozza ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. the part of the neck in front of the spinal column, the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs, b. voice , the seat of the voice, something resembling the ~ especially in being an entrance, a passageway, a construction, or a narrowed part: as, the orifice of a tubular organ especially of a plant, the opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep, the part of a tennis racket that connects the head with the shaft, the curved part of an anchor's arm where it joins the shank, II. transitive verb Date: circa 1611 to utter in the ~ ; mutter , to sing or enunciate in a ~y voice