Meaning of Weasand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The oesophagus; the gullet.
   dialectal
2. The throat or windpipe.
   dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“By Heaven, and all saints in it, better food hath not passed my weasand for three livelong days, and by God’s providence it is that I am now here to tell it.”

“[…] Or cut his vvezand vvith thy knife.”

“[A]lthough the vveazon, throtle and tongue [of birds] be the inſtruments of voice, and by their agitations doe chiefly concurre unto theſe delightfull modulations, yet cannot vve aſſigne the cauſe unto any particular formation; […]”

“For at the Throat there are tvvo cavities or conducting parts: the one the Oeſophagus or Gullet, ſeated next the ſpine, a part official unto nutrition, and vvhereby the aliment both vvet and dry is conveied unto the ſtomack; the other (by vvhich tis conceived the Drink doth paſs) is the vveazon, rough artery, or vvind-pipe, a part inſervient to voice and reſpiration; for thereby the air deſcendeth into the lungs, and is communicated unto the heart […]”

“Rat. / I’ll slily seize and / Let blood from her weasand,— / Creeping through crevice, and chink, and cranny, / With my snaky tail, and my sides so scranny.”

“They're both so engrossed in this that they don't notice my landlady, who comes rushing out to learn what's going on. / "Why," her son explains, "he grabbed me by the weasand, it took me a long time to get my wind back."”

“‘Which fellows?’ Very loud now, but a tightening in her weasand.”

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