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

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

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.

Hough :: Hough (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man..

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

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

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. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off..

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

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

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

Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..

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

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

Shank :: Shank (v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved..

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

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

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