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

Squier :: Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid..

Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Shake :: Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

Pellile :: Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.

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

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

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

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

Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

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

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

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

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

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

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

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