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Burr :: Burr (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

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..

Canon :: Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.

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

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

Mousing :: Mousing (n.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out..

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

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

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

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

Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..

Hough :: Hough (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Stilted :: Stilt (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer..

Chine :: Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep..

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

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

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