weasand

[ wee-zuhnd ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. throat.
2. esophagus; gullet.
3. trachea; windpipe.

weasand

/ ˈwiːzənd /

noun

1. a former name for the trachea

Word History and Origins

Origin of weasand¹

before 1000; Middle English wesand, Old English wǣsend, variant of wāsend gullet; cognate with Old Frisian wāsande windpipe

Word History and Origins

Origin of weasand¹

Old English wǣsend, wāsend; related to Old Frisian wāsenda, Old High German weisont vein, Danish vissen

Example Sentences

It was the cry of a man who, feeling the hand of Death clutching at his weasand, knows that unless help comes quickly that grip will tighten and his life go from him.

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Fu! el muchacho!—I am ever dreaming of that cursed Turk, that was at my weasand, when Baltasar brained him with the boll of his cross-bow.

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He mourn'd his hapless want of claws, His teeth, too, batter'd by the paws Of Reynard, woefully he miss'd; For grasp'd within his well-clench'd fist, The Fox a flint stone firmly held, With which he deftly aim'd and fell'd One after t'other every fang, Till down his weasand, at each bang, Successively they flew.

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I was taken with my hand in the bag, and my knife in the weasand of the stiff'un.

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I'll unfas—unfasten you, and you'll slice his weasand—won't you, Gargousse?'

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