| atlas |
noun |
One who sustains a great burden., The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name., A collection of maps in a volume, A volume of plates illustrating any subject., A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas., A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; — called also atlas folio., A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n., A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. |