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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..

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

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..

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

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

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

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

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

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

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

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..

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round..

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

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

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

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

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

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.

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