'On the neck of' definitions:
Definition of 'On the neck of'
From: GCIDE
- Neck \Neck\ (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal; as: (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. (c) (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mech.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. [1913 Webster]
- Neck and crop, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]
- Neck and neck (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side.
- Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin.
- Neck of a cascabel (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech.
- Neck of a gun, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- Neck of a tooth (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown.
- Neck or nothing (Fig.), at all risks.
- Neck verse. (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc. --Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
- These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently put to death. --Fuller.
- Neck yoke. (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders.
- On the neck of, immediately after; following closely; on the heel of. "Committing one sin on the neck of another." --W. Perkins.
- Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck." --Deut. xxxi. 27.
- To break the neck of, to destroy the main force of; to break the back of. "What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause." --Milton.
- To harden the neck, to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. --Neh. ix. 17.
- To tread on the neck of, to oppress; to tyrannize over. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'On the neck of'
- Neck,
- Neck and neck,
- Necked,
- Necking,
- up to her neck,
- up to his neck,
- up to my neck,
- up to our necks,
- up to their necks,
- up to your neck,
- Cove Neck,
- Eatons Neck,
- Goose neck,
- Great Neck,
- Hewlett Neck,
- Little neck,
- Long Neck,
- Mashpee Neck,
- Mill Neck,
- Neck City,
- Neck and crop,
- Neck and heels,
- Neck of a capital,
- Neck of a cascabel,
- Neck of a gun,
- Neck of a tooth,
- Neck or nothing,
- Neck verse,
- Neck yoke,
- Scotland Neck,
- Stiff neck,
- To break the neck,
- To break the neck of,
- To harden the neck,
- To tread on the neck of,
- Volcanic neck,
- beef neck,
- bull neck,
- crew neck,
- cuckold's neck,
- neck bone,
- neck brace,
- neck exercise,
- neck handkerchief,
- neck of the capital,
- neck of the woods,
- neck opening,
- neck ruff,
- neck sweetbread,
- pain in the neck,
- stiff necked,
- v neck,
- Cove Neck, NY,
- Deer-neck,
- Eatons Neck, NY,
- Ewe-necked,
- Great Neck Estates,
- Great Neck Gardens,
- Great Neck Plaza,
- Great Neck, NY,
- Hewlett Neck, NY,
- Long Neck, DE,
- Low-necked,
- Mashpee Neck, MA,
- Mill Neck, NY,
- Neck City, MO,
- Ring-necked,
- Scotland Neck, NC,
- Scrag-necked,
- Stiff-necked,
- bull-necked,
- high-necked,
- neck-deep,
- polo-neck,
- ring-neck,
- rubber-necking,
- swan-neck,
- Black-necked stork,
- Bottle-neck frame,
- Great Neck Estates, NY,
- Great Neck Gardens, NY,
- Great Neck Plaza, NY,
- Little-neck clam,
- Ring-necked duck,
- black-necked cobra,
- black-necked grebe,
- black-necked stilt,
- long-neck clam,
- polo-neck collar,
- red-necked grebe,
- red-necked plover,
- ring-necked blackhead,
- ring-necked parakeet,
- ring-necked pheasant,
- ring-necked plover,
- ring-necked snake