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
- 1920 - A practical medical 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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
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The leg from the knee to the ankle; the tibia; the long part or lever portion of an instrument.
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To be affected with gangrene in the foot-stalks.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The leg from the knee to the ankle, or the large bone of that part; the handle or long part of any instrument; in arch., the plain space between the two channels of the Doric triglyph.
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To sink or excavate a pit or shaft, as being the shank to the mine.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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.
