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Definition of shoulder

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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..

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Nyentek :: Nyentek (n.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor..

Cross-birth :: Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus..

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton..

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..

Bust :: Bust (n.) A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast..

Interscapular :: Interscapular (a.) Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers..

Mantilla :: Mantilla (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc..

Lyriferous :: Lyriferous (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes..

Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Epicoracoid :: Epicoracoid (n.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Blade :: Blade (n.) The scapula or shoulder blade.

Suspensation :: Suspender (n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers..

Epaule :: Epaule (n.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder..

Spot :: Spot (n.) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife..

Acromion :: Acromion (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

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..

Round-backed :: Round-backed (a.) Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.

Round-shouldered :: Round-shouldered (a.) Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

Hood :: Hood (n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment.