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shank |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shank \Shank\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Chank}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shank \Shank\, n. [OE. shanke, schanke schonke AS scanca sceanca sconca, sceonca akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw skank. [root]161. Cf {Skink}, v.] 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 Specifically: a That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock. b The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms. See Illustr. of {Anchor}. c That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like by which it is secured to a handle. d A loop forming an eye to a button. 3. (Arch.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. --Gwilt. 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. (Zo["o]l.) A wading bird with long legs; as the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also {shanks}. 8. pl 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shank \Shank\, v. i. To fall off as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off --Darwin. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL canon, and for sense 7, F. chanoine LL canonicus), fr L. canon a measuring line rule model, fr Gr ? rule rod, fr ?, ?, red. See {Cane}, and cf {Canonical}.] 1. A law or rule Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. --Shak. 2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. --Hock. 3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical books}, under {Canonical}, a. 4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order 5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. 6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. 7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}. 8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. 9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also {ear} and {shank}. Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight. 10. (Billiards) See {Carom}. {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}. {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under {Augustinian}. {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). {Canon law}. See under {Law}. {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St Austin; a Black canon. {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shank n 1: a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg 2: the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle 3: the long narrow part of something [syn: {stem}] 4: the part of a bolt between the thread and the head 5: the round part of the bit by which it is held in the drill 6: the part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole [syn: {waist}] 7: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals [syn: {cannon}]
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