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

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

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..

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

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

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

Shanker :: Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

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

Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Barker :: Barker (n.) The spotted redshank.

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

Rudderpost :: Rudderpost (n.) The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other..

Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..

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

Crown :: Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

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

Crus :: Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank..

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

Canon Bone :: Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse..

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

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