van-neck

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• Van

  ·noun A shovel used in cleansing ore. II. Van ·noun A wing with which the air is beaten. III. Van ...

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• van

  Madam Van; see MADAM. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• van

  a fan or machine for winnowing corn. Glouc. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• van

  [formerly vant, contracted from avant]. That part of a fleet, army, or body of men, which is advance...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Neck

  ·vt & ·vi To kiss and caress amorously. II. Neck ·noun the point where the base of the stem of a pl...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Neck

  Used sometimes figuratively. To "lay down the neck" (Rom. 16:4) is to hazard one's life. Threatening...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• neck

  The elbow or part connecting the blade and socket of a bayonet. ♦ Goose-neck, at the ends of booms...

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• Van-courier

  ·noun One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor. ...

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• Deer-neck

  ·noun A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse. ...

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• Volcanic neck

  ·add. ·- A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and late...

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• neck stamper

  The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• neck verse

  Formerly the persons claiming the benefit of clergy were obliged to read a verse in a Latin manuscri...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• neck weed

  Hemp. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ring-neck

  n. the equivalent of Jackaroo (q.v.). A term used in the back blocks in reference to thewhite colla...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• goose-neck

  A curved iron, fitted outside the after-chains to receive a spare spar, properly the swinging boom, ...

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• Van Diemen's Land

  the name given to the colony nowcalled Tasmania, by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator,in 1642, ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Bottle-neck frame

  ·add. ·- An inswept frame. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• wry neck day

  Hanging day. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• neck of land

  Dividing two portions of water, or it may be the neck of a peninsula. ...

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• shot in the neck

  Drunk. A Southern phrase. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• neck of a gun

  The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle. ...

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• neck of the cascable

  The part between the swell of the breech of a gun and the button. Its narrowest part within the butt...

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