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111Neck and heels — Heel Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of… …
112neck of the woods — {n. phr.}, {informal} Part of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity. * /We visited Illinois and Iowa last summer; in that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall./ * /We were down in your neck of the woods last week./ …
113neck of the woods — {n. phr.}, {informal} Part of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity. * /We visited Illinois and Iowa last summer; in that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall./ * /We were down in your neck of the woods last week./ …
114neck reflexes — reflex adjustments in trunk posture and limb position caused by stimulation of proprioceptors in the neck joints and muscles when the head is turned; this tends to maintain a constant orientation between the head and the body …
115neck-tongue syndrome — pain in the neck, sometimes followed by numbness of the neck and tongue, on sudden turning of the head; it is thought to be due to compression of C2 nerve roots in the area of the atlantoaxial articulations because the C2 roots contain… …
116neck\ of\ the\ woods — n. phr. informal Part of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity. We visited Illinois and Iowa last summer; in that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall. We were down in your neck of the woods last week …
117neck — to kiss and caress amorously From the placing of an arm round the other s neck at some stage: ... to copulate, or at least neck, in the relative comfort of a parked sedan. (Ustinov, 1971) …
118neck and neck — level in a race, competition, or comparison. → neck …
119neck — 1) fish don t have one, with the arguable exception of seahorses. Some species can move the head and look in different directions despite the lack of a flexible neck, e.g. darters (Percidae) 2) the narrowing of a placoid scale between its crown… …
120neck — n. [A.S. hnecca, neck] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The slender connecting structure between head and thorax where the head is free. 2. (MOLLUSCA) Distal part of the base of a siphonostomatous shell, starting where outline of left side changes from… …
