*roat*

n. (Zool.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of caproic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cravat. ] 1. A native or resident of Croatia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a Slavic-speaking country on the Adriatic, part of the Balkan region. It was formerly part of Yugoslavia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to Croatia. -- n. A Croat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Murderous; cruel; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ruthless; conducted without restraint; as, cutthroat competition. [ PJC ]

n. A half groat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LG. grōte, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See Great. ] 1. An old English silver coin, equal to four pence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any small sum of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OE. grot, AS. grātan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See Grout. ] Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Embden groats, crushed oats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pro- + atlas. ] (Anat.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The same as Shovelboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The game of shovelboard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. throte, AS. þrote, þrotu; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Throatlatch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Throat + boll a ball. ] The Adam's apple in the neck. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A drip, or drip molding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. “Hard, throaty words.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat. ] To cry, as a buck in rutting time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of a buck in rutting time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca). [ 1913 Webster ]