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

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

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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

Pellile :: Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.

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

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

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 (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..

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

Shanker :: Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

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..

Body :: Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body..

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..

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

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

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