Jastrow: וֶשֶׁט

וֶשֶׁט m. (יָשַׁט) [something stretched and narrow,] 1) gullet. Ḥull. III, 1 נקובת הו׳ an animal whose gullet is found to have been perforated.—Nidd. 23ᵇ וֶשְׁטוֹ נקוב if the infant’s gullet is perforated (there being a hole in the throat); ו׳ אטום if its gullet is closed; a. fr.—Yalk. Ps. 687 (translating מלקוחי, Ps. XXII, 16) לוִושְׁטִי; Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. לויסיטי (corr. acc.; cmp. Lat. fauces) to my throat. —2) (cmp. בְּלוּעָה, בְּלִיעֵי) straits, canal. Ber. 8ᵃ (Rashi: loop-hole for the rope), v. פִּיטוּרִין a. צִיפּוּרִין; M. Kat. end; Lev. R. s. 4; Tanḥ. Mikk. 10; ed. Bub. 15; Koh. R. to VI, 6.