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Bible Dictionaries
Neck
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
(2):
(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.
(3):
(n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.
(4):
(n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(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.
(7):
(n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
(8):
(v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously.
(9):
(v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; - used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Neck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/neck.html. 1828.
