Noah Webster
Throttle
THROT'TLE, noun [from throat.] The windpipe or larynx.
THROT'TLE, verb intransitive To choke; to suffocate; or to obstruct so as to endanger suffocation.
1. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
THROT'TLE, verb transitive To utter with breaks and interruptions, as a person half suffocated.
Throttle their practic'd accents in their fears.