01 n. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.
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The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.
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Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal(Mus.)
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A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.(Mech.)
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the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.(Bot.)“These words, “bread and cheese,” were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing “broad and cause,” being presently put to death.” — Fuller.
Phrases & compounds
Neck and crop —
completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once.
Neck and neck —
so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side.
Neck of a capital —
See Gorgerin.
Neck of a cascabel —
the part joining the knob to the base of the breech.
Neck of a gun —
the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
Neck of a tooth —
the constriction between the root and the crown.
Neck or nothing —
at all risks.
Neck verse —
The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, “Miserere mei,” etc.
Neck yoke —
A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses.
On the neck of —
immediately after; following closely; on the heel of.
Stiff neck —
obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy.
To break the neck of —
to destroy the main force of; to break the back of.
To harden the neck —
to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious.
To tread on the neck of —
to oppress; to tyrannize over.