Complete Definition of "weasand"

English

Etymology
OE. term|wasend|w�send.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'wi:z�nd/

Noun
en-noun

  1. The oesophagus.
  2. The throat in general.

#*1819: �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.� � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
#*1964: �Which fellows?� Very loud now, but a tightening in her weasand. � Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

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