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Spindle-shanked :: Spindlelegs (n.) A spindleshanks.

Shank :: Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.

Pellile :: Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.

Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.

Crown :: Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

Greenshank :: Greenshank (n.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Shank :: Shank (v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved..

Shake :: Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

Rudderpost :: Rudderpost (n.) The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other..

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..

Stilted :: Stilt (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer..

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..

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