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A high stiff collar for the neck also a hem or band about the skirt of a

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

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

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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.

knighthood, by the king putting his hand upon the knight's neck, Cowel. Greg. De Tours writes, that the kings of France,

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

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