weasand

[ wee-zuh nd ]

/ ˈwi zənd /

noun Archaic.

esophagus; gullet.

trachea; windpipe.

Nearby words

wearing course, wearingly, wearisome, wearproof, weary, weasand, weasel, weasel out, weasel word, weasel words, weaselly

Origin of weasand

before 1000; Middle English wesand, Old English wǣsend, variant of wāsend gullet; cognate with Old Frisian wāsande windpipe

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Examples from the Web for weasand

Within the most starched cravat there passes a windpipe and weasand, and under the thickliest embroidered waistcoat beats a heart.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
I heard the breath squeak in his weasand; and Jack Gaunt pulled me off.
The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson
I was taken with my hand in the bag, and my knife in the weasand of the stiff'un.
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6|Eugne Sue
Why, they'd as lief draw a cutlass over his weasand, as they'd smash a ship's biscuit.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece|Bracebridge Hemyng

"May the hangman squeeze her weasand, the little beggar," exclaimed the Chouette in a rage.
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6|Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for weasand

weasand

/ (ˈwiːzənd) /

noun

a former name for the trachea

Word Origin for weasand

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

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