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Shin :: Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

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

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..

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

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..

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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

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..

Hough :: Hough (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man..

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

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

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

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

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..

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

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..

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..

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