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bone; also, the whole leg. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. Shak.

See Schenkbeer.

Having a shank.

See Chancre.

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

The stilt.

rld limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.

A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

Having long, slender legs. Addison.

A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.

See Yellolegs.

(Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). -- Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. -- The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. -- Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the…

The spotted redshank.

A bolt with a barbed shank.

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.

A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.