Anatomy The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx, Any passage from large to small cross-section, as in a pipe which leads off from a main, where in the neck of the joint the area is enlarged to give easy flow and smooth curves, The front part of the mold-board of a plow, transitive verb_ obsolete To utter in the throat; to mutter, Prov. Eng. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending, To pronounce with a harsh or guttural voice