throttled
simple past tense and past participle of throttle
Source: Wiktionary
Throt"tle, n. Etym: [Dim. of throat. See Throat.]
1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Steam Engine)
Definition: The throttle valve. Throttle lever (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive.
– Throttle valve (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.
Throt"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling.]
1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. Milton.
2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.] Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. Shak.
3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Throt"tle, v. i.
1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
