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

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

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

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

Bullen-nail :: Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered..

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

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

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..

Shank :: Shank (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee..

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

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

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

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..

Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round..

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

Greenshank :: Greenshank (n.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

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

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