throttle (throtl)

[ Leaving all claret le the unmoistened throttle . Byron, Don Juan, xiv. 58. (b) The windpipe or thropple: same as throat , 2 (b). Æneas with that vision stricken down, Well nere bestraught, vpstart his heare for dread, Amid his throatel his voice likewise 'gan stick. Surrey, Eneid, iv. 361. IMG:content-0351.png:[blocks in formation] was pre ing against them, Macaulay, Lord Bacon. If we look through a pane of red gla , rays which come through it to the eye from a white object will be red. Amer. Jour. Psychol., II. 638. (b) From the beginning to the end of; in or during the course of; coincident with: as, to enjoy good health all through life. and would soon burst through them. They alledge the antiquity of Episcopacy through all Ages. Milton , Reformation in Eng., ii. A shapele mound, cumbrous with its very strength, and overgrown, through long years of peace and neglect, with gra and alien weeds. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 22. (c) Throughout; over the whole surface or extent of; in all directions in; all over: as, to travel through the country. In the same Prouince of Tanguth is Succuir, whose Mountaines are clothed with Rheubarbe, from whence it is by Merchants conueyed through the World. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 427. By us, your Fame shall thro ' the World be blaz'd. Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, Mental emotions undoubtedly destroy life by the overwhelming perturbation which they produce through the whole nervous system. J. M. Car no chan, Operative Surgery, p. 98. (d) Expre ing pa age in and out of, among, along, or within some yielding medium, or separable or penetrable aggregate: as, to move through the water, as a fish or a ship; to wander through the jungle; to run the fingers through the hair. Afore I will endure such another half day with him, I'll be drawn with a good gib-cat through the great pond at home. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, i. 1. We glide serenely enough through still deep reaches where the current is insignificant. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 629. (e) Expre ing complete pa age from one step to another in any series or course of action or treatment: as, to go through an operation; to go through college (that is, a course of instruction in college); to go through a course of treatment or training. 2. Among: expre ing a succe ion of experiences in pa ing along any course to ultimate exit or emergence: as, to pa through perils or tribulations. And I must blame all you that may advise him; That, having help'd him through all martial dangers, You let him stick at the kind rites of peace. Chapman , Byron's Conspiracy, iv. 1. 3. By way of: expre ing a preliminary or intermediate stage. The brown plain far and wide Changed year by year through green to hoary gold. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 201. 4. By means of: expre ing instrumentality, means, or agency. It is through me they have got this corner of the Court to cozen in. B. Jonson, Mercury Vindicated. All salvation is through Christ. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 54. 5. By reason of; on account of; in consequence of; out of: expre ing reason or actuating principle or impulse: as, to run away through fear. He rested him on the floore, unfitte through his rusticity for a better place. Spenser, To Sir Walter Raleigh. This proceedes through the barbarous ignoraunce of the time, and pride of many Gentlemen. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 14. I feel my fault, which only was committed Through my dear love to you. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. Cannot you surmise the weakne which I hitherto, through shame, have concealed even from you? Sheridan , School for Scandal, i. 1. Himself secure in the wise liberality of the succe ive administrations through which he had held office, he had been the safety of his subordinates in many an hour of danger and heart quake. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 12. To break, get, go, look, etc., through. See the verbs. II. adv. 1. From one end or side to the other: as, to pierce or bore a thing through. See thorough, adv. Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through . George Eliot, Armgart, ii. 2. From beginning to end: as, to read a letter through.-3. To the end; to the ultimate purpose: as, to carry a project through. —4. To the end or terminal point, as of a line of travel: as, that ticket will take you through. 5t. Thoroughly. I protest Myself through rarified, and turned all flame In your affection. B. Jonson, Sejanus, ii. 1. Through and through, thoroughly; out and out: as, a method through and through speculative. - To bear, carry, fall, put, etc., through. See the verbs. - Το be through, to have finished; have done: as, are you through? [Colloq.] - To drop through, to fall to pieces; come to naught; fail or perish: same as to fall through: as, the scheme dropped through. Through idlene ... the house droppeth through . Eccl. x. 18. through1 (thrö), a . [ through1 , adv. Cf. thorough, a.] 1. Clear; open; unobstructed. Was there not a through way then made by the swoord for the imposing of lawes uppon them? Spenser, State of Ireland. 2. That extends or goes with little or no interruption or without change from one important or distant place to another: as, a through ugh line of railway; a through train; a through pa enger.-3. That entitles to transpor transportation to the end of the line or succe ion of lines by which some distant point is reached: as, a through ticket; a through bill of lading. - Through bolt, a bolt which pa es through from side to side of what it fastens. Through bridge. See bridge. Through coal, the name given in the South Wales coal-field to a mixture of large and small coal. Also called altogether coal, and in Somersets hire brush - coal. None of these terms are used in the United States. -Through fang. See fang. - Through rate, a rate or price charged for carrying goods or pa engers to a distant destination, over the routes of various carrying companies, as by rail, steamer, coach, etc., generally fixed at a lower figure than the consignor or pa enger could obtain by separate arrangement with each company. Through ticket, a railway or steamboat-ticket good for the whole of a journey, often entitling the holder to travel on the lines or conveyances of more than one company. Through traffic, the traffic from end to end of a railway system, or between two important centers at a wide distance from each other: opposed to local traffic. Through train a train which goes the whole length of a long railway route; a train running between two or more important centers at long distances, especially when it makes few or no stoppages by the way. through (thrö), n. [ Ase me wolde him nymen up, Ant leggen in a throh of ston. = Chron. of England, 747. ( Hall i well .) 2. A through-stone; a perpend. Than pa id the pepull to the pure thrugh : As kend hom Cas sandra thai kyndlit a fire. Destruction of Troy (E. E. Τ. S.), 1. 11820.