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Accolade

Collum amplecti, Lat.], a ceremony anciently used in knighthood, by the king putting his hand upon the knight's neck, Cowel. Greg. De Tours writes, that the kings of France, in conferring the gilt shoulder-belt, kissed the knight

VerbarSoma

The whole axial portion of an animal including the head neck trunk and tail

Shawl

cotton silk or other textile or netted fabric used especially by women as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders

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VerbarShama

its song In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy Its head neck back breast and tail are glossy black the rump white the under parts chestnut

Scuff

The back part of the neck the scruff

Scrofula

generally hereditary especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands particularly those of the neck and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin mucous membrane bones

Scrag

Something thin lean or rough a bony piece especially a bony neckpiece of meat hence humorously or in contempt the neck

Potiche

vase with a separate cover the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides a neck of smaller size and a rounded shoulder

Sambur

An East Indian deer Rusa Aristotelis having a mane on its neck Its antlers have but three prongs Called also gerow The name is applied to other species of the

VerbarRosella

A beautiful Australian parrakeet Platycercus eximius often kept as a cage bird The head and back of the neck are scarlet the throat is white the back dark green varied with lighter green and the breast yellow