Chank :: Chank (n.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell..

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

Hank :: Hank (n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

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

Hank :: Hank (n.) Hold; influence.

Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..

Hank :: Hank (v. t.) To fasten with a rope, as a gate..

Hank :: Hank (v. t.) To form into hanks.

Hanker :: Hanker (v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town..

Hanker :: Hanker (v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.

Hankered :: Hankered (imp. & p. p.) of Hanke.

Hankering :: Hankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hanke.

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..

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

Pickthank :: Pickthank (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg..

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..

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms..

Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..

Shank :: Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..

Shank :: Shank (v.) The body of a type.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

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