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Stiff neck
(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.
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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.
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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.
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4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant
arises from the root.
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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.
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Stiff neck
(gcide) | Stiff \Stiff\, a. [Compar. Stiffer; superl. Stiffest.] [OE.
stif, AS. st[imac]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv,
Sw. styf, Icel. st[imac]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L.
stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress.
Cf. Costive, Stifle, Stipulate, Stive to stuff.]
1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or
flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
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[They] rising on stiff pennons, tower
The mid aerial sky. --Milton.
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2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated;
neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
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3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff
gale or breeze.
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4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate;
pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
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It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument.
--Jer. Taylor.
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A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause,
Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. --Dryden.
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5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected;
starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
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The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the
Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved.
--Addison.
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6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or
Colloq.] "This is stiff news." --Shak.
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7. (Naut.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much;
as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank. --Totten.
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8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff
charge; a stiff price. [Slang]
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Stiff neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can
not be moved without difficulty and pain.
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Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate;
pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected;
starched; rigorous.
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