Meanings (ES + gloss)
atlas
A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
atlas
The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
Ribs and spines show through the thin layer of meat left on the carcase, and, where the head meets the body, the crucial first vertebra – the atlas – is exposed.
There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns[…]