sheet vs throat

sheet

noun
  • A sail. 

  • A layer of veneer. 

  • A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. 

  • A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. 

  • A thin, flat layer of solid material. 

  • A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail. 

  • The area of ice on which the game of curling is played. 

  • Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall. 

  • A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking. 

  • A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface. 

  • An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. 

  • The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers. 

verb
  • To form into sheets. 

  • Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily. 

  • To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material. 

  • To trim a sail using a sheet. 

throat

noun
  • The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. 

  • A narrow opening in a vessel. 

  • The front part of the neck. 

  • Station throat. 

  • The inside of a timber knee. 

  • That end of a gaff which is next to the mast. 

  • The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. 

  • The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. 

  • The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. 

  • The gullet or windpipe. 

verb
  • To utter in or with the throat. 

  • to throat threats 

  • To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.) 

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