SHANK
\ʃˈaŋk], \ʃˈaŋk], \ʃ_ˈa_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of SHANK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
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the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
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cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
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cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
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the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
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a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
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hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
By Princeton University
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a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
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the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
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cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
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cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
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the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
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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.
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That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
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The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
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That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
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A loop forming an eye to a button.
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The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
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A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
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The body of a type.
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The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
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Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
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A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; - called also shanks.
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To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; - usually followed by off.
By Oddity Software
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The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
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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.
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That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
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The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
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That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
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A loop forming an eye to a button.
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The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
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A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
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The body of a type.
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The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
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Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
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A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; - called also shanks.
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To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; - usually followed by off.
By Noah Webster.
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The leg from the knee to the ankle; that part of a tool, instrument, etc., connecting the cutting or acting part with the handle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The leg below the knee to the foot: the long part of any instrument, as of an anchor between the arms and ring.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo Saxon, German ] The lower joint of the leg from. the knee to the foot; the shin ; hence, the bone of the leg; the whole leg; - that part of an instrument, or tool, which Shamrock, connects the acting part with a handle or part by which it is held or moved;-the shaft of an anchor;- in architecture, the shaft of a column: the space between the two channels of the Doric triglyph.
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