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(1):
(n.) One who sustains a great burden.
(2):
(n.) A collection of maps in a volume
(3):
(n.) A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
(4):
(n.) A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
(5):
(n.) A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
(6):
(n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
(7):
(n.) A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
(8):
(n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.