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Shanked :: Shanked (a.) Having a shank.

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

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

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

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

Epipodiale :: Epipodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula..

Shank :: Shank (v.) The body of a type.

Shank :: Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks..

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

Clee :: Clee (n.) The redshank.

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

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

Body :: Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body..

Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..

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

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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

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..

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

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