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Definition of Swanneck

1. Noun. Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swanneck

Literary usage of Swanneck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Thus, any vertical movement of the stud fastened to the griff will give to the swanneck a horizontal motion, since the lift of the griff is exactly ..."

2. The Poems of Heine: Complete by Heinrich Heine (1866)
"They call'd her Edith the swanneck erst, " Because her neck in its ... reach'd The hut in the forest, saying: " Awake, O Edith the swanneck, awake, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... swanneck (swon'nek), и. 1. The end of a pipe, a faucet, or the like, curved in some resemblance to the neck of a swan when swimming. See gooseneck. — 2. ..."

4. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"His body, mangled by Norman ferocity, was singled out from the enclosing heap of corpses by a former mistress, Edith swanneck, and buried either on the ..."

5. The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL. D. by William Richard Wood Stephens (1895)
"... swanneck, an early love of King Harold, who, according to one story, was the only person who could discover his body on the battle-ground of ..."

6. The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL. D. by William Richard Wood Stephens (1895)
"... swanneck, an early love of King Harold, who, according to one story, was the only person who could discover his body on the ..."

7. Out and about London by Thomas Burke (1919)
"... driving in a staple, or swanneck Rube pitching. Oh, pretty to watch, sir, pretty to watch! No hesitation here; no feeling his way towards a method; ..."

8. The Flotation Process by Herbert Ashton Megraw (1918)
"The outer cock G from the vessel A communicates through a swanneck pipe II with the froth separating apparatus. In passing from the frothing apparatus A to ..."

9. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Thus, any vertical movement of the stud fastened to the griff will give to the swanneck a horizontal motion, since the lift of the griff is exactly ..."

10. The Poems of Heine: Complete by Heinrich Heine (1866)
"They call'd her Edith the swanneck erst, " Because her neck in its ... reach'd The hut in the forest, saying: " Awake, O Edith the swanneck, awake, ..."

11. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... swanneck (swon'nek), и. 1. The end of a pipe, a faucet, or the like, curved in some resemblance to the neck of a swan when swimming. See gooseneck. — 2. ..."

12. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"His body, mangled by Norman ferocity, was singled out from the enclosing heap of corpses by a former mistress, Edith swanneck, and buried either on the ..."

13. The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL. D. by William Richard Wood Stephens (1895)
"... swanneck, an early love of King Harold, who, according to one story, was the only person who could discover his body on the battle-ground of ..."

14. The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL. D. by William Richard Wood Stephens (1895)
"... swanneck, an early love of King Harold, who, according to one story, was the only person who could discover his body on the battle-ground of Senlac. ..."

15. Out and about London by Thomas Burke (1919)
"... driving in a staple, or swanneck Rube pitching. Oh, pretty to watch, sir, pretty to watch! No hesitation here; no feeling his way towards a method; ..."

16. The Flotation Process by Herbert Ashton Megraw (1918)
"The outer cock G from the vessel A communicates through a swanneck pipe II with the froth separating apparatus. In passing from the frothing apparatus A to ..."

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