Definition of shoulder

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Shoulder (n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing..

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Splay :: Splay (a.) Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders..
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..
Plastron :: Plastron (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist..
Clavicle :: Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone..
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
Pickaback :: Pickaback (adv.) On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback..
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..
Interscapular :: Interscapular (a.) Between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
Omagra :: Omagra (n.) Gout in the shoulder.
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..
Coracoid :: Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals..
Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..
Armpit :: Armpit (n.) The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.
Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material..
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To dislocate, as a shoulder bone..
Arm :: Arm (n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey..
Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..
Ailette :: Ailette (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet..
Chemisette :: Chemisette (n.) An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing..
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