2. Verb. (third-person singular of neck) ¹
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Definition of Necks
1. neck [v] - See also: neck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necks
Literary usage of Necks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"The arrows mark the dip of the strata. vertical descent of necks into the ...
In external form, necks commonly rise as cones or dome- shaped hills (Figs. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Many volcanic necks stand on lines of fault. In other cases there arc groups of
necks lying in a straight or sinuous Une, which may indicate the position of ..."
3. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from by John Campbell Campbell (1848)
"Being counsel for a person who, whilst travelling in a stage-coach which started
from the " Swan with two necks," in Lad Lane, had been upset and had his ..."
4. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"The first method applies to any kind of openings with or without necks. ...
Cylindrical necks. Most resonators used in practice have necks of greater or ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Wether carcasses are distinguished from ewes by the cod fat; from bucks bv their
smaller necks and shoulders and finer quality, and from yearlings and ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"He is found at no great distance, sitting before a little side furnace which
affords three openings—" glory-holes "—large enough to admit the necks of the ..."
7. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"Mated to ordinary fowl, about half of the offspring had naked necks—there was
very little indication of imperfection of dominance. It appears, consequently ..."
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