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

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

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

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..

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..

Canon Bone :: Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse..

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

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