Definition of neck

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Neck (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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Yakin :: Yakin (n.) A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas..
Nape :: Nape (n.) The back part of the neck.
Matrass :: Matrass (n.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.
Antiguggler :: Antiguggler (n.) A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein..
Carcanet :: Carcanet (n.) A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar..
Sneck :: Sneck (n.) A door latch.
Handkerchief :: Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
Steep :: Steinkirk (n.) A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
Long-waisted :: Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat..
Crane :: Crane (n.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck..
Weaving :: Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule..
Torticollis :: Torticollis (n.) See Wryneck.
Scrag :: Scrag (n.) Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the 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)..
Back :: Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster..
Saddle-backed :: Saddle-backed (a.) Having a low back and high neck, as a horse..
Trachelipodous :: Trachelipodous (a.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.
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