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Hankeringly :: Hankeringly (adv.) In a hankering manner.

Hankey-pankey :: Hankey-pankey (n.) Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery..

Shank :: Shank (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round..

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

Evangelian :: Evangelian (a.) Rendering thanks for favors.

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

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

Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..

Thank :: Thank (n.) A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural..

Thankful :: Thankful (a.) Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful..

Body :: Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body..

Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.

Hesp :: Hesp (n.) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.

Thanksgiver :: Thanksgiver (n.) One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness..

Hank :: Hank (n.) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

Reel :: Reel (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches..

Ungrateful :: Ungrateful (a.) Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful..

Harvest-home :: Harvest-home (n.) A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States..

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..

Selvagee :: Selvagee (n.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc..

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