nuque rare.
(nyk)
[a. F. nuque: see nuke n.1 and nuche.]
1. The nape of the neck.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 310 If it be applied to the nuque or nape of the necke, it restoreth the speache. 1886 Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 186 The latter is a fine bird,..a curious tawny patch upon the nuque. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1884 Western Daily Press 29 May 3/7 A new device of the hairdresser, called a nuque. |