a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to hear. ] Same as Acroamatic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also
n. (Chem.) A salt of caproic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Cravat. ]
n. a Slavic-speaking country on the Adriatic, part of the Balkan region. It was formerly part of Yugoslavia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
a. Of or pertaining to Croatia. --
n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. A half groat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LG. grōte, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See Great. ]
n. pl. [ OE. grot, AS. grātan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See Grout. ] Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits. [ 1913 Webster ]
Embden groats,
n. [ Pref. pro- + atlas. ] (Anat.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The game of shovelboard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any humming bird of the genus
n. [ OE. throte, AS. þrote, þrotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle. ]
I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Throat brails (Naut.),
Throat halyards (Naut.),
Throat pipe (Anat.),
To give one the lie in his throat,
To lie in one's throat,
v. t.
n. Same as Throatlatch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Throat + boll a ball. ] The Adam's apple in the neck. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) A drip, or drip molding. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. “Hard, throaty words.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat. ] To cry, as a buck in rutting time. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The cry of a buck in rutting time. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also
n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus