Definition
| • | The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. |
| • | The throttle valve. |
| • | To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. |
| • | To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. |
| • | To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine. |
| • | To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. |
| • | To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. |
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