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. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. - Shak.
	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. Shank painter (Naut.) a short rope or chain which holds the shank of an anchor against the side of a vessel when it is secured for a voyage. To ride shank's mare to go on foot; to walk.
v. i.	1.	To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; - usually followed by off.

Noun	1.	shank - a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
	2.	shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
	3.	shank - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something Synonyms: stem
	4.	shank - cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
	5.	shank - cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
	6.	shank - the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole Synonyms: waist
	7.	shank - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals Synonyms: cannon
	8.	shank - a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
Verb	1.	shank - hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

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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