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A bone, or some other thing (S, K) of the like sort, (K,) sticking fast, (S,) or lying across, or forming an obstruction, (K,) in the throat, or fauces, (S, K,) of a human being, and of a beast; (TA;) a thing in the throat, or fauces, that [chokes one, or] prevents from swallowing: (Har p. 69:) a verbal noun used as a subst. [properly thus termed]. (Har p. 33.)

See also the next paragraph.