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Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..

Deer-neck :: Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse..

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse..

Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal..

Rabato :: Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.

Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..

Dewlap :: Dewlap (n.) The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing..

Scarf :: Scarf (n.) An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth..

Cranny :: Cranny (n.) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc..

Viol :: Viol (n.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings..

Jaconet :: "Jaconet (n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc..

Guide :: Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder..

Red-gum :: Red-gum (n.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus..

Snacket :: Snacket (n.) See Snecket.

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

Paleotherium :: Paleotherium (n.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama..

Neckland :: neckland (n.) A neck of land.

Withers :: Withers (prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse..

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