Weasand
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwiːzənd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Weasand is a noun meaning The oesophagus; the gullet.
Meaning
The oesophagus; the gullet.
More Meanings
- The throat or windpipe.
Example Sentences
[…] Or cut his vvezand vvith thy knife.
‘Which fellows?’ Very loud now, but a tightening in her weasand.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- weasands
- weazand
- weazon
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gullet, gorge, gule, gulf, gutt, gape.
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