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atlas

at.las \'at-l*s\ \*t-'lant-(.)e-z\ n or at.lan.tes [L Atlant-, Atlas, fr. 
   Gk] cap  1a: a Titan forced to bear the heavens on his shoulders  1b: one 
   who bears a heavy burden  2a: a bound collection of maps  2b: a bound 
   collection of tables, charts, or plates  3: the first vertebra of the neck  
   pl usu  4: a figure or half figure of a man used as a column to support an 
   entablat ure