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.