Honest I could feel the hair stand up on the back of my neck like a dog's that is going to get into a fight.

By lifting the seat upwards a little, the weight is taken off the neck and the back is kept rounded.

He raced by within twenty feet of her, roped her around the neck, but a lioness' neck is short and thick and with a quick twist she slipped the noose off.

Boyer is suffering from a stiff neck.

Now there is no reason in the world why a matchmaker in Ireland should happen also to be a talented soft-shoe dancer and gifted improviser of movements of the limbs, torso and neck, except that these talents add immensely to the enjoyment of the play.

The greatly elongated head is set on a short, thick neck, and the end of the snout bears a disc, which houses the nostrils.

Her whole body is made of highly advanced synthetic jelly silicon and with 60 artificial joints in her face, neck, and lower body ; she is able to demonstrate realistic facial expressions and sing while simultaneously dancing.

An abscess could potentially be fatal ( although this is rare ) if it compresses vital structures such as the trachea in the context of a deep neck abscess.

Physically, Antarctica is divided in two by Transantarctic Mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea.

This is a key head, neck and spinal relationship.

One innovation is a metal bar called a truss rod, which is incorporated into the neck to strengthen it and provide adjustable counter-tension to the stress of the strings.

In fashion, the Bardot neckline ( a wide open neck that exposes both shoulders ) is named after her.

Torsion of the neck ( opisthotonos or torticollis ) is observed in severely affected animals.

The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and four, five, six, or eight strings.

Freyja is so wrathful that all the Æsir ’ s halls beneath her are shaken and the necklace Brísingamen breaks off from her neck.

The mood of the story is fashioned from the start through names of the participants: Naomi, which means " my gracious one " or " my delight ," later asks to be called Mara, " the bitter one "; her two sons are Mahlon, " sick ", and Chilion, " weakening " or " pining " and Orpah, meaning " mane " or " gazelle ", is from the root for " nape " or " back of the neck ", appropriate for the daughter-in-law who turns her back on Naomi and returns to her people.

This crane is pale blue-gray in colour becoming darker on the upper head, neck and nape.

The smooth coat is marked with 10 – 15 vertical white-yellow stripes, spread along the back from the base of the neck to the rump.

There is another white chevron where the neck meets the chest.

Similarly, frets on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gut and tied to the neck so that they could be moved around by the player at will ( as is the case with the modern saz, which allows for the microtonal playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian music ).

A Tudor fortress guarded the neck of water between the eastern Hoe and Mount Batten and some sheer granite and limestone cannon points remain, however in the late 1660s, following The Restoration, a massive star-shaped stone fortress known as the Royal Citadel, was constructed to replace it.

He had constructed a special version of the Gibson L-5 archtop guitar featuring diminished dimensions of neck scale and body depth, befitting his own smaller stature.

Same size as the 000-15, constructed with higher-quality woods ( especially the more expensive 000-28ECB constructed from the extremely rare Brazilian species of rosewood, hence the " B "), a different shape to the neck, and more ornamentation around the edge of the body.

With Drummond in charge, they cut a ditch through the neck of land that divided one side of the harbour in Caledonia Bay from the ocean, and constructed Fort St Andrew, equipped with 50 cannon, on the peninsula behind the canal ; the fort did not have a source of fresh water.

The, or neck of the shamisen is usually constructed such that it is divided into three or four pieces that fit and lock together.

The futozao of Tsugaru-jamisen is quite a recent innovation, and is purposefully constructed in a much larger size than traditional style shamisens, and its neck is much longer and thicker than the traditional nagauta or jiuta shamisens.

Towards the end of the 17th century, when large wigs came into fashion, it became convenient to have surplices constructed gown-wise, open down the front and buttoned at the neck, a fashion which still partially survives, notably at the universities.

Through this practice, he is said to have constructed wings for himself and to have tried to fly to ( or from ) the temple of Apollo in Trinovantum ( London ) or Troja Nova ( New Troy ), but to have been killed when he hit a wall, or to have fallen and been dashed to pieces or broken his neck.

This important linear defensive earthwork was constructed across the neck of the Cimbrian peninsula during Denmark's Viking Age.

The gown, analogous to the Western doctoral robe and similar to American judicial attire, is constructed from heavy material, most appropriately of black color, and usually features double-bell sleeves with a cuff ( mimicking the cassock once worn under it ) and velvet facings ( or panels ) running over the neck and down both sides of the front enclosure length-wise, mimicking the ecclesiastical tippet once worn over it.

It gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from the " neck " of the Boston peninsula, although it was never fully constructed.

Most Alembic basses and guitars are constructed around a laminated neck that runs through the body of the instrument, using various combinations of often exotic woods such as Zebrawood or Cocobolo -- whatever Turner found on the market that he liked.

In 1973, this Samiti constructed near the lake at Chauri Chaura a 12. 2 metres high triangular minaret on each side of which a martyr is depicted hanging with a noose round his neck.

A collar, measuring 10 to 13 inches or 25 to 33 cm in length, sits directly against the throat and does not hang down the neck at all ; collars are often made up of multiple strands of pearls.

Other cuts included the reduction of multiple gunshot impacts into Gamble's feet in the morgue down to a single hit ; a close-up of his screaming face as the air conditioner falls onto him ; a sound cut to Mason snapping a Marine's neck and two bloody gunshot wounds ( to Hummel and Baxter ), both near the end of the film.

He was subsequently kept bedridden to prevent further damage to the scarred vessels in his neck while he slowly recovered from multiple surgeries and the rigorous treatment.

Where the pithos may have multiple small loops or lugs for fastening a rope harness, the amphora has two expansive handles joining the shoulder of the body and a long neck.

: A lariat is a very, very long variation on the sautoir or rope, without a clasp, often worn draped multiple times around the neck ; the ends can be crossed over, looped, or knotted in various ways.

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle staff critic, lauded the film and the courage of director Potter, and wrote, " British director Sally Potter stuck her neck out when she made The Tango Lesson, a fictionalized account of her relationship with Argentine tango master Pablo Veron ... Potter takes what seemed like a recipe for embarrassment and excess and delivers a film that's sweet and understated and devoid of diva posturing ... film is smoothly directed, nicely written and falters only in the performance that Potter was able to squeeze out of herself while performing her multiple tasks.

It is pink with multiple symbols around the neck area.

After shooting Fred Palahniuk in the abdomen and Fontaine in the back of the neck, Shackleford left them to die, though he allegedly returned to the scene multiple times to attempt to start a fire large enough to destroy the evidence.

As he exits the elevator a hooded figure jumps out and stabs him multiple times in the neck with an ice pick.

He was murdered with a machete, suffering multiple stab wounds to neck and face.

It precisely becomes marked as multiple, small, 2 to 3 mm red hives on the upper trunk and arms, although it can occur from the neck to the thighs.

While in a delusional state, he acquires a knife that was to be used to cut a Valentine's Day cake and stabs Knight multiple times: twice in the abdomen, once in the chest and once in the neck.

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine reported a case in 1997 in which a 14-year-old boy from Danville, Virginia, spilled the contents of the shot glass onto his face while dropping the shot glass into the beer, resulting in “ multiple separate sites of superficial partial-thickness burns ” about his face and neck.

* Lhermitte's sign: Flexion of the neck in patients with multiple sclerosis produces electric shock-like sensations that extend down the spine and may shoot into the limbs.

** Multiple neck flasks, which can have two to five, or less commonly, six necks, each topped by ground glass connections are used in more complex reactions that require the controlled mixing of multiple reagents.

The condition is characterized by multiple noncancerous tumors of the hair follicles, particularly on the face, neck, and upper chest.

In 1971 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and as the disease slowly eroded his body he lost his sight in the early 1990s and became paralyzed from the neck down.

While training for his next UFC fight in 1999, Rutten suffered multiple serious injuries, including blowing out his knee ( a long running injury ), tearing his biceps, and suffering a neck injury.

Although often considered a classic finding in multiple sclerosis, it can be caused by a number of conditions, including transverse myelitis, Behçet's disease, trauma, radiation myelopathy, vitamin B12 deficiency ( subacute combined degeneration ), and compression of the spinal cord in the neck from any cause such as cervical spondylosis, disc herniation, tumor, and Arnold-Chiari malformation.

An autopsy revealed that Barrett suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck area, blunt force trauma to the head, and fractured ribs.

Jake also wears multiple scars around his neck and body, which he keeps as a secret.

Gonzales inflicted multiple stab wounds and cuts to her face, neck, chest and abdomen.

Very shortly after he entered the house, Sef attacked him with one of the kitchen knives and inflicted multiple stab wounds to his neck, chest, back and abdomen.

Early horse armour came in one piece, but later horse armour came in multiple pieces: chanfron ( head protector ); neck guards ; chest guards ; shoulder guards ; flank pieces ; and crupper.