Weasand

Word WEASAND
Character 7
Hyphenation wea sand
Pronunciations /ˈwiːzənd/

Definitions and meanings of "Weasand"

What do we mean by weasand?

The gullet or throat. noun

The windpipe; the pipe or tube through which air passes to and from the lungs in respiration; the trachea. See trachea and larynx. noun

The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil. noun

The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea. noun

The throat in general. noun

The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea.

The throat in general.

In cattle slaughter, the process of sealing the animal's esophagus by inserting a rod into neck of the carcass to draw it out. Once exposed, the esophagus is sealed with a plastic clamp or tied. Urban Dictionary

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The word "weasand" in example sentences

Austria's a trifle warm just now, you see, what with two dead desperadoes under the Emperor's window, a sentry with a slit weasand, and those two mysterious visitors, Flashman and Starnberg, vanished none knows whither. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Indeed, haddest thou not repeated those words to me, I had surely slit thy weasand. ❋ Unknown (2006)

‘Rascal yourself!’ roared I: ‘call me another such name, Mick Brady, and I’ll drive my hanger into your weasand. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Dioxippus knew very well that precious talk of the epiglottis, but says, that when we feed, the moist parts are about that separated from the dry, and the first are carried down the windpipe, the other down the weasand; and that the windpipe receives no parts of the food, but the stomach, together with the dry parts, receives some portion of the liquids. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Besides, a stone is never found in the stomach, though it is likely that the moisture should be coagulated there as well as in the bladder, if all the liquor were conveyed through the weasand then into the belly. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And this epiglottis being framed so that it may fall on either side, whilst we speak it shuts the weasand, but when we eat or drink it falls upon the windpipe, and so secures the passage for our breath. ❋ Unknown (2004)

‘Cat and Whistle,’ determined to draw it at once across his weasand, and sever himself for ever from all that is valuable in the world. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But it is probable at the weasand robs the windpipe of a sufficient quantity of liquor as it is going down, and useth it to soften and concoct the meat. ❋ Unknown (2004)

For when the windpipe is wounded, no drink will go down; but as if the pipe were broken it runs out, though the weasand be whole and unhurt. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He pierced his weasand, where death enters soon; and adds, ❋ Unknown (2004)

Unless perchance you will say that the Cyclops, as he had but one eye, so had but one passage for his food and voice; or would have [Greek omitted] to signify weasand, not windpipe, as both all the ancients and moderns use it. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But more, the bladder would seem unnecessary; for, if the weasand receives both meat and drink and conveys it to the belly, the superfluous parts of the liquids would not want a proper passage, one common one would suffice as a canal for both that were conveyed to the same vessel by the same passage. ❋ Unknown (2004)

A crucial step in preventing [E. coli] contamination during slaughter is rodding the weasand. If the [esophagus] is not sealed properly, stomach contents may [spill out]. ❋ Rex X (2012)

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