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

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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms..

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

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

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..

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

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

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