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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Pellile :: Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.

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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

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

Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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

Clee :: Clee (n.) The redshank.

Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..

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

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

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

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

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