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Having a shank...
Baybolt
A bolt with a barbed shank...
Bullen nail
A nail with a round head and short shank tinned and lacquered...
Butteris
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...
Canon bone
The shank bone or great bone above the fetlock in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals See Horse...
Crossbar
A transverse bar or piece as a bar across a door or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down...
Crus
That part of the hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus the shank...
Epipodiale
One of the bones of either the forearm or shank the epipodialia being the radius ulna tibia and fibula...
Fork
An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines which are usually of metal parallel and slightly curved used for piercing holding taking up or pitching anything...
Harpoon
A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish as whales a harping iron It consists of a long shank with a broad flat triangular head sharpened at both edges and is thrown by hand or discharged from a gun...
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