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Knife worn on a cord hanging from a person's neck
A neck knife is a knife worn on a cord hanging from a person's neck. It usually means a small fixed-blade knife which is carried by means of a cord, by
Neck_knife
Large, often squared off knife
a large knife that varies in its shape but usually resembles a rectangular-bladed tomahawk. It is largely used as a kitchen or butcher knife and is mostly
Cleaver
Knife designed to be carried in or on a boot
belt or under a pant leg. If worn around the neck (by means of a chain or lanyard) they become a neck knife. Boot knives generally come with a sheath that
Boot_knife
Tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade
A knife (pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One
Knife
Small folding knife
A penknife, or pen knife, is a small folding knife. Today, penknife is also the common British English term for both a pocketknife, which can have single
Penknife
Japanese gardening and masonry tool adapted as a weapon
arts weapons Hori hori Shikoro blade Shuriken Tantō Throwing knife Trowel Batarang "Kunai Knife: From Ancient Tool to Modern Marvel!". Humans. Retrieved 2025-05-30
Kunai
Type of kitchen knife
A boning knife is a type of kitchen knife with a sharp point and a narrow blade. It is used in food preparation for removing the bones of poultry, meat
Boning_knife
Motorized kitchen tool
the character of Anna cuts her neck with an electric knife. In the 1986 horror film Maximum Overdrive, an electric knife turns itself on and cuts waitress
Electric_knife
Small Swedish sheath knife
A mora knife (Swedish: morakniv) is a small sheath knife. It is a fixed blade knife, with or without a finger guard. The term originates from knives manufactured
Mora_knife
Type of knife used during hunting
A hunting knife is a knife used during hunting for preparing the game to be used as food by skinning the animal and cutting up its meat. It is different
Hunting_knife
Slender knife
term stiletto has been used as a general descriptive term for a variety of knife blades exhibiting a narrow blade with minimal cutting surfaces and a needle-like
Stiletto
Dagger
The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a brass or wooden foil grip. It was developed
Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
Fairbairn–Sykes_fighting_knife
Knife that opens its blade by the force of gravity
A gravity knife is a knife with a blade contained in its handle, which opens its blade through the force of gravity. This mechanism of opening is fundamentally
Gravity_knife
Type of knife similar to a cleaver
chef's knife — sometimes referred to as a Càidāo (Chinese: 菜刀, lit. "vegetable knife"), is a Chinese, rectangular-bladed, all-purpose chef's knife used
Caidao
Knives intended for use in the process of preparing food
A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation, as opposed to a table knife used when eating, as part of a set of cutlery
Kitchen_knife
Type of knife or dagger
pointed, straight blade. The knife can be used for thrusting and slashing. James Black, known for improving the Bowie knife, is credited with inventing
Arkansas_toothpick
Type of folding knife
A balisong, also known as a butterfly knife, fan knife or Batangas knife, is a type of folding pocketknife that originated from the Philippines. Its distinct
Butterfly_knife
Weapon
A push dagger (alternately known as a punch dagger, punch knife, push knife or, less often, a push dirk) is a short-bladed dagger with a "T"-shaped handle
Push_dagger
Type of knife
(also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife
Switchblade
WW1 era American combat knife
The Mark I trench knife is an American trench knife designed by officers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) for use in World War I. The Mark I
Mark_I_trench_knife
Kitchen knife originating in Japan
(Japanese: 三徳包丁; lit. '"three virtues knife" or "three uses knife"') or bunka bōchō (文化包丁) is a general-purpose kitchen knife originating in Japan. Its blade
Santoku
Dagger
fighting knife is a combat knife designed by Colonel Rex Applegate and William E. Fairbairn as a version of the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. While Applegate
Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife
Applegate–Fairbairn_fighting_knife
Knife associated with the Gurkhas of Nepal
/ˈkʊkri/) or khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी, pronounced [kʰukuri]) is a type of knife or short sword with a distinct recurve in its blade that originated in the
Kukri
Traditional Yakut knife
The Yakutian knife (Yakut: саха быһаҕа, romanized: saxa bıhağa), sometimes called the Sakha knife, is a traditional knife of the Yakuts (an ethnic group
Yakutian_knife
Type of broad and heavy knife
agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 centimetres (12 to 26 in) long and usually
Machete
Type of kitchen knife
A chef's knife, also known as a cook's knife, is a medium to large sized generalist kitchen knife used in food preparation. Longer and wider knives are
Chef's_knife
Traditional Finnish outdoor universal knife
pronunciation: [ˈpuːkːo]) is a small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife with a single curved cutting edge, solid hidden tang, and usually, a flat
Puukko
Knife for hand-to-hand military combat
A combat knife is a fighting knife designed for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting. Since the end of trench
Combat_knife
Knife designed to be thrown
A throwing knife is a knife that is specially designed and weighted so that it can be thrown effectively. They are a distinct category from ordinary knives
Throwing_knife
Thrusting dagger
Scottish dirks carry a smaller knife and fork which fit into compartments on the front of the sheath, and a smaller knife known as a sgian dubh is also
Dirk
Type of combat knife
A trench knife is a combat knife designed to kill or incapacitate an enemy at close quarters, such as in a trench or other confined area. It was developed
Trench_knife
U.S. Army aircrew survival knife
Aircrew Survival Egress Knife or ASEK is a U.S. Army aircrew survival knife, designed and initially manufactured by the Ontario Knife Company, and entered
Aircrew_Survival_Egress_Knife
Knife mainly for butchering animal carcasses
A butcher knife or butcher's knife is a knife designed and used primarily for the butchering or dressing of animal carcasses. There are many such types
Butcher_knife
Type of cutlery
A table knife is an item of cutlery with a single cutting edge, and usually a blunt end – part of a table setting. Table knives are typically of moderate
Table_knife
Knife used for general or utility purposes
A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes. Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with durable cutting edges suitable
Utility_knife
Folding knife that can be carried in a pocket
spelled pocket knife) is a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle. It is also known as a jackknife, or a folding knife. It may be referred
Pocketknife
Traditional Occitan pocketknife
The Laguiole knife (French pronunciation: [laɡjɔl], locally [lajɔl]) is a traditional Occitan pocketknife originally produced in the "knife city" of Thiers
Laguiole_knife
Table knife used to spread butter
The butter knife is a table knife intended for serving butter and applying it to bread and crackers ("spreading"). These utensils are also used for soft
Butter_knife
Pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife
A Bowie knife (/ˈbuːi/ BOO-ee) is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knives created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother James Bowie
Bowie_knife
World War II dagger issued to American and Canadian soldiers
The V-42 stiletto is a fighting knife that was issued during World War II to the First Special Service Force (1st SSF or FSSF, also known as Devil's Brigade)
V-42_stiletto
Sharp bladed instrument used for surgery
usually have a plastic handle with an extensible blade (like a utility knife) and are used once, then the entire instrument is discarded. Scalpel blades
Scalpel
Military combat knife
trademarked as KA-BAR) is the combat knife adopted in 1942 by the United States Marine Corps as the U.S. Marine Corps utility knife, Mark 2. After the United States'
Ka-Bar
Knife designed for wilderness survival use
century, Webster L. Marble introduced the modern concept of the "hunting knife." These knives incorporated heavier blades, crossguards, and pommels. They
Survival_knife
Flexible knife used in the preparation of filets
A fillet knife (also called a filleting knife) is a kitchen knife used for filleting. It gives good control and aids in filleting. It is a very flexible
Fillet_knife
notable daggers, either historical or modern. A dagger is a short, pointed knife, historically popular as a weapon. Their names are often associated with
Types_of_daggers
Japanese dagger
A tantō (短刀, 'short blade') is a traditionally made Japanese knife (nihontō) that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantō dates to the
Tantō
Knives of the Sami people
The Sami knife (Skolt Sami: jõnn-neiʹbb, Inari Sami: stuorrânijbe, Northern Sami: stuorraniibi, all of which mean "big-knife", and Finnish: lapinleuku
Sami_knife
Knife with ejectable blade
A ballistic knife is a knife with a detachable blade that can be ejected to a distance of several meters by pressing a trigger or operating a lever or
Ballistic_knife
Versatile folding multi-tool knife
The Swiss Army knife (German: Schweizer Taschenmesser, Sackmesser, Hegel, etc.) is a multi-tooled pocketknife made for the Swiss Army since 1890, with
Swiss_Army_knife
Improvised knife-like weapon
bladed prison weapon resembling a knife. The word shiv is recorded from the 1670s (in the spelling chive) as cant for "knife". The exact spelling shiv is recorded
Shiv_(weapon)
Type of knife used for food preparation
A Japanese kitchen knife is a type of kitchen knife used for food preparation. These knives come in many different varieties and are often made using traditional
Japanese_kitchen_knife
Ceremonial knife
skee-ən-DOO; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [s̪kʲənˈt̪u]) is a small, single-edged knife worn as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress. It is worn tucked into
Sgian_dubh
Knife with a blade made out of non-metallic material
A ceramic knife is a knife with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia), rather than the steel used for most
Ceramic_knife
Brand of cutting tools and office products
applications. An X-Acto knife may be called an Exacto knife, utility knife, precision knife, or hobby knife. The original knife was invented in the 1930s
X-Acto
Knife used by US armed forces
The SOG Knife was designed for, and issued to, covert Studies and Observations Group personnel during the Vietnam War. The SOG Knife was designed by Benjamin
SOG_Knife
Philippine knife or sword
opened fire on them. The bolo was adopted by the US Military as the bolo knife. Produced from 1897 to 1918, they remained in service both as a tool for
Bolo_knife
Type of knife used for cutting or serving cheese
A cheese knife is a type of kitchen knife specialized for the cutting of cheese. Different cheeses require different knives, according primarily to hardness
Cheese_knife
Artist's equipment
A palette knife is a blunt tool used for mixing or applying paint, with a flexible steel blade. It is primarily used for applying paint to the canvas
Palette_knife
American knife manufacturer
Buck Knives is an American knife brand and manufacturer founded in San Diego, California in 1947 as H.H. Buck and Son, and now located in Post Falls,
Buck_Knives
Knife with one or more curved blades and a handle on each end
mezzaluna (/ˌmɛtsəˈluːnə/ MET-sə-LOO-nə, Italian: [ˌmɛddzaˈluːna]) is a knife consisting of one or more curved blades with a handle on each end, which
Mezzaluna
American knife company
Ontario Knife Company (OKC) is an American manufacturer of knives and military tools. On August 1, 2023, OKC was acquired by Blue Ridge Knives, Inc and
Ontario_Knife_Company
Traditional all-purpose knife of Inuit, Yupik and Aleut women
(Inuktitut: ᐅᓗ; plural: uluit; sometimes referred to as 'woman's knife') is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women
Ulu
Type of knife
A sliding knife, also known as an OTF knife, out-the-front knife, sliding knife, telescoping knife, or angel blade, is a pocketknife with a blade that
Sliding_knife
Curved South East Asian knife
kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw. The karambit is believed to have originally been weaponized
Karambit
Fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling
appreciated as well. To make up for his lack of fangs and claws, he wears a neck knife. Bagheera, the black panther, befriends Mowgli because both he and Mowgli
Mowgli
Saw-like appearance; a row of sharp projections on an edge
a cleaner cut. Some prefer a serrated blade on a pocket knife or on an emergency rescue knife, especially with the latter for its increased ability to
Serration
Knife
Guna, also called bolo-guna, is a Filipino weeding knife with a very short and wide dull blade with a perpendicular blunt end. It is an agricultural tool
Guna_(knife)
Dagger
Corvo, but the tool is considered as the national knife of Chile, like the Navaja in Spain and Bowie knife in the United States. Corvos are approximately
Corvo_(knife)
Legal aspects of selling, owning, carrying, and using certain types of knives
properties of the knife in question will be very relevant (bad: flick-knife, automated, long blade, neck-knife, tactical). So, carrying a knife with its primary
Knife_legislation
Type of dagger
Marking knife Military knife wz. 98 Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife OSS Escape Utility Knife Palette knife Pantographic
Jambiya
Serrated knife used for cutting bread
of bread knives are able to cut soft bread without crushing it. One such knife was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago by
Bread_knife
Large knife or small sword wielded by Saxons and their contemporaries
[ˈsæɑks]; also sax, sæx, sex; Latinized sachsum) is a small sword, fighting knife or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the
Seax
Fixed-bladed knife
A sheath knife is a fixed-bladed knife that fits into a sheath, by tradition usually of leather, now often of other material such as nylon or kevlar.
Sheath_knife
Type of Southeast Asian knife
The parang (/ˈpɑːrɑːŋ/) is a type of knife used across the Malay Archipelago. Typical vegetation in Southeast Asia is more woody than in South America
Parang_(knife)
Blade worn by Sikhs
from or related to Sanskrit कृपाण (kṛpāṇa, “sword, dagger, sacrificial knife”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European stem *kerp-, from *(s)ker, meaning
Kirpan
Knife designed for cutting grapefruit
A grapefruit knife is a special type of knife designed specifically for cutting grapefruit. Grapefruit knives are small with a curved serrated blade, designed
Grapefruit_knife
Type of stiff-bladed dagger
Marking knife Military knife wz. 98 Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife OSS Escape Utility Knife Palette knife Pantographic
Rondel_dagger
Dagger
(/ˈpɒnjərd/) or poignard (French: [pwaɲaʁ]) is a long, lightweight thrusting knife with a continuously tapering, acutely pointed blade, and a crossguard, historically
Poignard
Hand tool combining several individual functions
coachman’s knife and the Watts Patent cycle knife with integrated tyre levers. One of the most enduring examples from this era is the British Army knife, or
Multi-tool
Claws
tore like tigers at face and body; forehead-skins would hang like shreds; necks and ribs were laid open, and not infrequently one or both would bleed to
Bagh_nakh
Medieval knife used to kill wounded knights
derived from the Latin misericordia, "act of mercy") was a long and narrow knife used during the High Middle Ages to deliver mercy killings to mortally wounded
Misericorde_(weapon)
Kitchen utensil
A tomato knife is a small serrated kitchen knife designed to slice through tomatoes. The serrated edge allows the knife to penetrate the tomatoes’ skin
Tomato_knife
Sharp table knife used for cutting steak
A steak knife is a sharp table knife designed to efficiently and effectively cut steak. This type of knife comes in a variety of styles and sizes; however
Steak_knife
Japanese folding knife
pocket knife originating in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1896. The knife has no locking system, but is a friction folder or "penny knife", using
Higonokami
Ceremonial axe used by Incas and other tribes
Tumi (Quechua for 'knife', variants: tome, tume) is a generic term encompassing the many kinds of sharp tools utilized in pre- and post-colonial eras
Tumi
Short, heavy fighting knife
A smatchet is a short, heavy fighting knife 16.5 inches (42 cm) in overall length (including grip). It was designed by William E. Fairbairn during World
Smatchet
A painting knife is an artist's tool with a flexible steel blade used to apply and manipulate paint directly on the canvas. They are manufactured in a
Painting_knife
Ottoman Turkish hewing knife/sabre
also called varsak,, after the Turkish Varsak tribe, is a type of Ottoman knife or short sabre used from the mid-16th to late 19th century. The yatagan
Yatagan
Japanese knife for slicing sashimi
Sashimi bōchō (刺身包丁; lit. 'sashimi knife') is a type of long, thin kitchen knife used in Japanese cuisine to prepare sashimi (sliced raw fish or other
Sashimi_bōchō
Short, pointed hand-to-hand weapon
A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting
Dagger
Type of utility knife
The penny knife was a originally a simple 18th century utility knife with a fixed blade. It got its name because it cost 1 penny in England and the United
Penny_knife
Push dagger
Marking knife Military knife wz. 98 Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife OSS Escape Utility Knife Palette knife Pantographic
Katar
Long dagger
from 10–28 in (250–710 mm) in length. It was often carried in place of a knife or larger sword. It is depicted in period art as sometimes being carried
Cinquedea
Weapon from Maritime Southeast Asia
ISBN 9780415788014. Bendeich, Mark (Nov 6, 2007). "Malaysia's political knife act: theatre or threat?". Reuters. Archived from the original on December
Kris
Dagger
The Gerber Mark II is a fighting knife manufactured by Gerber Legendary Blades from 1966 to 2000, with an additional limited run of 1500 in 2002, and
Gerber_Mark_II
Type of dagger
A bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped hilt, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling testes (ballocks
Bollock_dagger
Spanish folding-blade fighting and utility knife
fighting and utility knife. The etymology of the word navaja is derived from the Latin novacula, meaning razor, and the Andalusian knife known as the navaja
Navaja
Type of folding knife
A pantographic knife or paratrooper knife is a folding knife whose blade is opened by a unique scissors method. The blade has a slightly longer tang than
Pantographic_knife
Hand tool
A putty knife is a specialized tool used when glazing single glazed windows, to work putty around the edges of each pane of glass. Putty is often applied
Putty_knife
Japanese knife for cutting vegetables
Nakiri bōchō (菜切り包丁, translation: knife for cutting greens) and usuba bōchō (薄刃包丁, lit. "thin knife") are Japanese-style vegetable knives. They differ
Nakiri_bōchō
NECK KNIFE
NECK KNIFE
Male
English
English short form of Latin Hector, HECK means "defend; hold fast."
Girl/Female
Latin
Ardent.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Parsi, Swedish, Swiss
Victory of the People; Diminutive of Dominick; Lord; Abbreviation of Nicholas; People's Victory; Child Born on Sunday; Victorious Person; Good
Boy/Male
Hungarian
Fire.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Throat; Neck
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1.English : probably a nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Middle English beke ‘beak (of a bird)’ (Old French bec).English : metonymic occupational name for a maker, seller, or user of mattocks or pickaxes, from Old English becca. In some cases the name may represent a survival of an Old English byname derived from this word.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a baker, a cognate of Baker, from (older) South German beck, West Yiddish bek. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew ben-kedoshim ‘son of martyrs’, i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews.North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Low German Beke ‘stream’. Compare the High German form Bach 1.Scandinavian : habitational name for someone from a farmstead named Bekk, Bæk, or Bäck, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream.
Male
English
Short form of English Nicholas/Nickolas, NICK means "victor of the people."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, Scandinavian
Brook; Place Name; Small Stream
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leake.German : habitational name from a place so named in Schleswig-Holstein.German : probably an altered spelling of Lech.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, for example a grain factor, from Middle English pekke ‘peck’ (an old measure of dry goods equivalent to eight quarts or a quarter of a bushel).English : variant of Peak 1.Irish : variant of Peak 2.South German : variant of Beck.North German and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who prepared or sold pitch, from Middle Low German pek, Middle Dutch pec, pic.Dutch : from Middle Dutch pec, pick ‘desperate straits’, hence a nickname for a person in difficult circumstances or perhaps for someone with a gloomy disposition.
Boy/Male
Greek American English
People's victory.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest), northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcc), or a habitational name from Great Heck in North Yorkshire, which is named with this word. Compare Hatch.German : topographic name from Middle High German hecke, hegge ‘hedge’. This name is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland.Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Hec(q), a topographic name from Old French hec ‘gate’, ‘barrier’, ‘fence’ (compare 1), or a habitational name from a place named with this word.Shortened form of the Dutch surname van (den) Hecke, a habitational name from any of several places called ten Hekke in the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Keikr (from Old West Scandinavian keikr ‘bent backwards’).German : nickname from Middle High German kec ‘lively’, ‘active’ (cognate of English quick), which later changed its meaning to ‘bold’, ‘forward’, ‘fresh’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Nicholas.South German and Dutch : from a pet form of the personal name Nikolaus (see Nicholas).Jewish (American) : Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish names.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Handsome neck
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Worn Around Neck
Boy/Male
English Swedish
Brook.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sugriv | ஸà¯à®•à¯à®°à¯€à®µ
Handsome neck
Sugriv | ஸà¯à®•à¯à®°à¯€à®µ
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : variant of Nacke 1.German (Näck) : from a variant of Neck, the name of a water sprite.Americanized spelling of German Knack.English : variant spelling of Nacke.This name is recorded in Beverwijck in New Netherland (Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an oak tree, from misdivision of Middle English atten oke ‘at the oak’.South German (also Nöck) : from Tyrolean nock, nog ‘rounded hill’, ‘rock’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a feature, or a nickname from the same word used in the sense ‘short and fat’.
NECK KNIFE
NECK KNIFE
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada
Peacock
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Chinese, Latin, Muslim
Illusion; The Moon; Mine
Female
Russian
(Зина) Short form of Russian Zinaida, possibly ZINA means "of Zeus."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of Love
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Jessa, JESSALYN means "one who beholds" or "one who looks out."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Friend
Biblical
fragrant
Girl/Female
Indian, Muslim
A Flower in Heaven
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry V' A French herald.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Krishna Warriors from the Mahabharata
NECK KNIFE
NECK KNIFE
NECK KNIFE
NECK KNIFE
NECK KNIFE
v. t. & i.
To kiss and caress amorously.
n.
A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.
n.
the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
n.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Neck
n.
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
a.
Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent.
v. t.
To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
n.
A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
n.
Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
v. t.
To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
n.
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.
v. t.
To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.
v.
To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
imp. & p. p.
of Neck
v. t.
To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
n.
See Half deck, under Deck.
v.
The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
n.
The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
n.
A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.