Definition of neck

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Neck (n.) 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..

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Locket :: Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain..
Neck :: Neck (n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd..
Trachelobranchiate :: Trachelobranchiate (a.) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.
Snacket :: Snacket (n.) See Snecket.
Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..
Necked :: Necked (imp. & p. p.) of Nec.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century..
Deer-neck :: Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse..
Collar :: Collar (n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
Necklet :: necklet (n.) A necklace.
Jharal :: "Jharal (n.) A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck..
Cysticercus :: Cysticercus (n.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle)..
Nucha :: Nucha (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
Clod :: Clod (n.) A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].
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