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The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach. |
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A narrow passage or entrance |
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A defile between mountains. |
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The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; --
usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion. |
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That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl. |
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A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river. |
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A concave molding; a cavetto. |
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The groove of a pulley. |
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To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in
large mouthfuls or quantities. |
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To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate. |
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To eat greedily and to satiety. |