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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..

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

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..

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

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

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

Crus :: Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank..

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..

Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Kern :: Kern (n.) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank..

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

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

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..

Shank :: Shank (v.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

Burr :: Burr (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

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

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..

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..

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

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