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

Shin :: Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Beam :: Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

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..

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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..

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

Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

Shank :: Shank (n.) See Chank.

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

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

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

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..

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

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