Definition of shoulder

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Shoulder (n.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.

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Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To dislocate, as a shoulder bone..
Put :: Put (v. t.) To throw or cast with a pushing motion overhand, the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight..
Relish :: Relish (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece..
Swept :: Sweeny (n.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses..
Baldric :: Baldric (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt..
Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..
Spadebone :: Spadebone (n.) Shoulder blade.
Passegarde :: Passegarde (n.) A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.
Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
Elaphure :: Elaphure (n.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.
Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..
Strapped :: Strap (n.) A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.
Pit :: Pit (n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit..
Plastron :: Plastron (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist..
Shouldered :: Shouldered (a.) Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man..
Splay :: Splay (a.) Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders..
Wing :: Wing (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
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