ATLAS

n.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who sustains a great burden.

2.
n.

The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.

3.
n.

A collection of maps in a volume; --

4.
n.

A volume of plates illustrating any subject.

5.
n.

A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.

6.
n.

A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.

7.
n.

A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. Atlas powder, a nitroglycerin blasting compound of pasty consistency and great explosive power.

8.
n.

A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. Brande & C.