throb (throb)

[ There an huge heap of singults did oppre e His strugling soule, and swelling throbs empeach His foltring toung with pangs of drerine e. Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 11. Endeavors for freedom are animating; nor can any honest nature hear of them without a throb of sympathy. Sumner , Orations, I. 239. throated (thrōʻted), a. [ throat + -ed2.] Hav- ing a throat (of this or that kind): chiefly in composition: as, the white- throated sparrow; the yellow- throated warbler; the black- throated throbbantt, a . [ME., ppr. of throb .] Throbbing. bunting. Compare throaty , 2. throater (thrō'ter), n. A knife used to cut the throats of fish; also, one who uses the throater, as one of a gang of men who perform different parts of the proce of dre ing fish. Compare header in like use. [New Brunswick.] throat-halyard (throt'hal" yärd), n. Naut. See halyard . throatine (thrō'ti-nes), n . 1. Protuberance or unusual prominence of the throat. The Paular bear much wool of a fine quality, but they have a more evident enlargement behind the ears, and a greater degree of throatine . New Amer. Farm Book, p. 409. 2. Throaty or guttural character or quality of voice or utterance.