one who sustains a great burden.-the first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.-a collection of maps in a volume-a volume of plates illustrating any subject.-a work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.-a large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.-a drawing paper of large size. see under paper, n.-a rich kind of satin manufactured in india.