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weasand

[ wee-zuhnd ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. esophagus; gullet.
  2. trachea; windpipe.


weasand

/ ˈwiːzənd /

noun

  1. a former name for the trachea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of weasand1

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

Within the most starched cravat there passes a windpipe and weasand, and under the thickliest embroidered waistcoat beats a heart.

Why, they'd as lief draw a cutlass over his weasand, as they'd smash a ship's biscuit.

If thou canst tell me, well and good; if not, I must e'en cut thy weasand and find me one who knoweth more.

"May the hangman squeeze her weasand, the little beggar," exclaimed the Chouette in a rage.

Mangrove, the moment he saw where he was, drew his knife across the leopard's weasand, and killed him on the spot.

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