throat chain (throtchan)

A chain strap formerly used by whalemen to hoist in the throat of the bow-head whale. The chain was fastened by a toggle to the throat of the whale, and the hoisting-tackle was hooked into the strap. - Throat-chain toggle, a stout rounded piece of wood used to pa through the bight of the toggle-chain to hold it to the throat of a bow-head whale. throat.] 1. A species of bellflower, Campanula Trachelium, the great throatwort, sometimes called haskwort, once an esteemed remedy for throat-ailments; also, C. Cervicaria and other campanulas. - 2. A plant of the genus Trachelium, allied to Campanula; also, the foxglove, is purpure a, and the figwort, Scrophularia nodosa. - Blue throatwort, Trachelium cæruleum. throaty (thrō'ti), a. [ The Conclusion of this rambling Letter shall be a Rhyme of certain hard throaty Words which I was taught lately, and they are accounted the difficult est in all the whole Castilian Language. Howell , Letters, ii. 71. 2. Having a prominent throat or capacious swallow; hence, voracious; gluttonous: as, a throaty fish. The beagle resembles the southern hound, but is much more compact and elegant in shape, and far le throaty in proportion to its size, though still po e ing a considerable ruff. Dogs of Great Britain and America , p. 64. throb (throb), v. i.; pret. and pp. throbbed, throbbing. [ mbling, agitated (see trepid ); Yet my heart Throbs to know one thing. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 1. 101. Throbbing , as throbs the bosom, hot and fast. Lowell , Ode to France, viii. 2. To quiver or vibrate. Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of men, the Federation of the world. Tennyson, Locksley Hall.