"Throttler" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... This name is derived from quite a different root and idea. The root is ah in Sanskrit, or anh, which means to press together, to choke, to throttle. Here the distinguishing mark from which the serpent was named was his throttling, and ahi meant serpent, as expressing the general idea of throttler. It is a curious root this anh, and it still lives in several modern words. In Latin it appears as ango, anxi, anctum, to strangle, in angina, quinsy, in angor, suffocation. But angor meant not only quinsy or compression of the neck; it assumed a moral import, ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... him down, the hero of Kaala holds his knee to the hapless wretch's back, and with knee bored into the backward bended spine, he strains and jerks till the jointed bones snap and break, and the dread throttler of girls and babes lies prone on the mat, ...
— Hawaiian Folk Tales - A Collection of Native Legends • Various
... thoroughly the discipline may have been deserved—and yet silence is worse; at least I found it so; and 461 after clearing my throat once or twice, as if I had been the person half-throttled rather than the throttler, I began:— ...
— Frank Fairlegh - Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil • Frank E. Smedley |
