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Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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