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Shank

noun

A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.

The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.

Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. Synonym: stem.

Cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head.

Cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill.

The narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole. Synonym: waist.

Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals. Synonym: cannon.

A poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball.

verb

Hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.

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... a tray and picked up another. It had a long shank and was easily manipulated because of the catch that permitted the movement of its head, as ...

— The Winning Clue • James Hay, Jr.

... quite in the dark as to what manner of gear it was. But I ascertained later on that it was good and strong enough to hold any deep sea fish, and the hook was of the right sort—a six-inch flatted, with curved shank, and swivel mounted on to three feet of fine twisted steel seizing wire. My obstinate friend had a keen eye, even when he was most disparaging in his remarks, and had copied my La'heu tackle most successfully, although he ...

— The Call Of The South - 1908 • Louis Becke

... a great deal in other countries. Sometimes the insulator is an iron hook set into a glass screw, which is inserted into a hole in a telegraph bracket. Sometimes a hook is caused to depend from the interior of an inverted cup and the space between the shank of the hook and cup is filled with ...

— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone

... ask," said Sally, wiping her eyes with her apron. "Why, thaa looked a'most queer enough to mak' a besom-shank laugh; thaa's made my ...

— Little Abe - Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow • F. Jewell

... reached the welcome Atbara within two miles of my head-quarters. My men made a rush to the river, and threw themselves into the water, as all were more or less exhausted by the intense heat of the long day's work after a restless night. I took a good drink through my gazelle shank-bone, which I wear suspended from my neck for that purpose, and I went on alone, leaving my bathing party to refresh themselves. I reached the tent a little after 4 P.M. after more than ten hours' continual walking in the burning sun. I felt almost ...

— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

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