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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..

Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..

Barker :: Barker (n.) The spotted redshank.

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg..

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..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

Yellowshanks :: Yellowshanks (n.) Alt. of Yellowshin.

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

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

Canon :: Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.

Mousing :: Mousing (n.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out..

Chine :: Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..

Squier :: Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid..

Clee :: Clee (n.) The redshank.

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

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