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palumbus having a white crescent on each side of the neck whence the name Called also wood pigeon and cushat

a style of dress cut low and square in the neck also a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it

Having a scraggy neck

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abbreviation for suspendatur per collum-'let him be hanged by the neck'-was the usual indorsement by the clerk of arraigns in the

bishop of the diocese, anciently appointed to give malefactors their neckverses, and judge whether they read or not; also to perform

on each side for it to slide in. the prisoner'' neck being fastened to a bar underneath, and the sign being

by the King touching the sufferer and hanging round his neck a white ribbon to which was fastened a gold coin;

Healfang, or Halsfang [fr. hals, Sax., neck, and fang, to seize], the pillory; also a pecuniary mulct,

of the Roman Catholic Church. It is tied round the neck, and covers the breast and heart. The other five garments

square, and the other part hanging behind to cover the neck and shoulders; worn by priests, Dugd. Mon. tom. Iii. 36.

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palumbus having a white crescent on each side of the neck whence the name Called also wood pigeon and cushat

a style of dress cut low and square in the neck also a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it

Having a scraggy neck

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