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halyard
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Halyard
(gcide) | Halyard \Hal"yard\ (h[a^]l"y[~e]rd), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.]
(Naut.)
A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails,
flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]
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halyard
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n 1: a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag [syn:
halyard, halliard] |
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Halyard
(gcide) | Halyard \Hal"yard\ (h[a^]l"y[~e]rd), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.]
(Naut.)
A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails,
flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]
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Throat halyards
(gcide) | Throat \Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote,
[thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. &
D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
vertebral column.
(b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and
lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the
fauces.
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I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.
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2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase.
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3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
the flue. --Gwilt.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
staysail.
(b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
shank. --Totten.
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5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
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6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
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Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to
the mast.
Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of
the gaff.
Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly
of lying abominably.
To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.
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