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(archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
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(archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
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(botany) The throat of a flower.
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Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
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(US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
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(architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
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(architecture, military, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification.
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(fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
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(mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
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(heraldry, usually in the plural) A whirlpool used as a heraldic charge.