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The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

Without a clank. Byreon.

To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.

; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.

nkful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak.

Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

See Ankle.

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

terial, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift.

m 1781 till 1789. -- Congress boot or gaiter, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.] -- Congress water, a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New…

That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.…

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.

A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.