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Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..

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

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

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

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

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..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..

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..

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

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks..

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

Shanker :: Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

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

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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..

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

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