Definition of shoulder

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Shoulder (n.) Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.

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Infrascapular :: Infrascapular (a.) Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular..
Spauld :: Spauld (n.) The shoulder.
Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping..
Amice :: Amice (n.) A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Counter :: Counter (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck..
Scapulary :: Scapulary (n.) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
Shoulder-shotten :: Shoulder-shotten (a.) Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse..
Tomjohn :: Tomjohn (n.) A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders..
Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Axilla :: Axilla (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder..
Waist :: Waist (n.) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line..
Stoled :: Stole (n.) A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc..
Shouldered :: Shouldered (imp. & p. p.) of Shoulde.
Spadebone :: Spadebone (n.) Shoulder blade.
Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking..
Middlings :: Middlings (n. pl.) In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also middles..
Brachium :: Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
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