neck of the woods
         n 1: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the
               vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he
               always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood";
               "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of
               the woods" [syn: {vicinity}, {locality}, {neighborhood},
               {neighbourhood}, {neck of the woods}]

English Dictionary: neck of the woods	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Negev Desert n a desert in southern Israel Synonym(s): Negev, Negev Desert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
news photography n photography of newsworthy events
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neck \Neck\, 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.          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.          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.          4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant             arises from the root.          {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, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W.                   Scott.             (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which                   decides one's fate; a shibboleth.                               These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were                            their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish                            them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8]                            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.             [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W.             Perkins.          {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible             obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy             stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27.          {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of.             [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous             rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8]             --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gorgerin \[d8]Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.)       In some columns, that part of the capital between the       termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or       the space between two neck moldings; -- called also {neck of       the capital}, and {hypotrachelium}. See Illust. of {Column}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa,       Icel. n[94]s, Sw. n[84]sa, Dan. n[84]se, Lith. nosis, Russ.       nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[be]s[be], n[be]s. [?] Cf.       {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.]       1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior             extremity of the head containing the nostrils and             olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril},             and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}.          2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.                         We are not offended with a dog for a better nose                      than his master.                                 --Collier.          3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a             snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the             nose of a teakettle.          {Nose bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having             a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.          {Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer.          {Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace,             before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft             at the beginning of the flattening process.          {Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge.          {Nose leaf} (Zo[94]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of             skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies             greatly in size and form.          {Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily             influenced. [bd]A nose of wax to be turned every way.[b8]             --Massinger          {Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the             end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is             attached.          {To hold}, {put}, [or] {bring one's nose to the grindstone}.             See under {Grindstone}.          {To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to             follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a             beast. --Shak.          {To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride,             esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.             [Slang]          {To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in.          {To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nosopoetic \Nos`o*po*et"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] disease + [?]       productive, fr. [?] to make.]       Producing diseases. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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