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

Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.

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..

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

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

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

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

Kern :: Kern (n.) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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.

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

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

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..

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..

Spindle-shanked :: Spindlelegs (n.) A spindleshanks.

Kerned :: Kerned (a.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.

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