Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The gullet.
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The thread they use is the sinew of the reindeer (_tooktoo = ew = all~o~o_), or, when they cannot procure this, the swallow-pipe of the _neiliek_.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822
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The thread they use is the sinew of the reindeer (_tooktoo ĕwāllŏŏ_), or, when they cannot procure this, the swallow-pipe of the
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822
dhuber commented on the word swallow-pipe
OED: "The gullet
1786 WOLCOT (P. Pindar) 2nd Ode to R.A.'s Wks. 1812 I. 134 Not one bit more could pass your swallow-pipe.
September 24, 2008