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

Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..

Bullen-nail :: Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered..

Shanker :: Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

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

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

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

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..

Kerned :: Kerned (a.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.

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

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..

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

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..

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

Shank :: Shank (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off..

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

Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

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

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

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

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