Shank
Definition of Shank
| n. | 1. | (Zool.) See Chank. | | 1. | The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | (Arch.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. | | 4. | (Founding) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it. | | 5. | (Print.) The body of a type. | | 6. | (Shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel. | | 7. | (Zool.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; - called also shanks. | | 8. | Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round. | | v. i. | 1. | To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; - usually followed by off. |
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Chateaubriand, ankle, ascender, back, bastard type, bayonet legs, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, blade roast, body, bowlegs, breast, brisket, calf, cap, capital, case, chuck, chuck roast, clod, cnemis, cold cuts, counter, descender, drumstick, em, en, face, fat-faced type, feet, filet mignon, flank, font, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, gigot, groove, ham, hind leg, hock, italic, jamb, knee, knuckle, leg, letter, ligature, limb, logotype, loin, lower case, majuscule, minuscule, nick, pale, palisade, peg, pi, pica, picket, pile, plate, plate piece, podite, point, popliteal space, pot roast, print, rack, rib roast, ribs, roast, rolled roast, roman, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, sans serif, scissor-legs, script, shin, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, sirloin, small cap, small capital, spile, stake, stamp, stem, stems, stumps, tarsus, tenderloin, trotters, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, upper case
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