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

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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg..

Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Shanker :: Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

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

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