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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.

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..

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.

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

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

Shanker :: Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

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

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

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

Crown :: Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

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..

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

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

Clee :: Clee (n.) The redshank.

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..

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

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

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

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