shankn.

Brit.

/ʃaŋk/, U.S.

/ʃæŋk/

Forms: α. Old English sceanca, scanca, scance, Middle English scanke, Middle English (Ormin) shankk, Middle English–1600s schank(e, shanke, Middle English sschanke, Middle English schanke, 1500s shainke, shankke, sanke, shaunck, 1500s–1600s shanck(e, Middle English– shank. β. Old English sconca, sconc, Middle English sconke, shonke, ( soncke), Middle English schonke.

Etymology: Old English sc(e)anca weak masculine corresponds to Low German schanke leg, thigh, Flemish schank bone (Swedish, Danish skank, Norwegian skonk thigh, probably < Low German) < West Germanic *skankan-; also, with difference of declension, to Middle Low German schenke, Dutch schenk leg-bone ( < *skanki-); a derivative from the same grade of the root is Middle Low German, Middle High German, modern German schenkel thigh (West Germanic *skankila-). From other grades of the root (*skink-: *skank-: *skunk-) are Old Saxon scinka, gl. Latin ‘basis’, ‘tibia’ (Middle Low German schinke thigh, ham), Old High German scinko (masculine), scinka (feminine), leg-bone, thigh (Middle High German schinke (masculine), thigh, ham, modern German schinken (masculine), ham); Old Frisian skunka, sconck (modern Frisian skonk, schunk), Low German (Koolman) schunke thigh, ham, Dutch schonk bone. The Old English strong form sconc neuter may belong to either the a or the u grade. The root agrees formally, and may be identical, with that of Old Norse skakk-r wry, distorted ( < Germanic *skanko-), which is probably cognate with Greek σκάζειν ( < pre-Hellenic *sq'ngy-) to limp. Even assuming the identity of the root, however, the etymological meaning of the Germanic nouns remains obscure.

a. That part of the leg which extends from the knee to the ankle; the tibia or shinbone. Also (now jocularly) the leg as a whole; chiefly plural one's legs.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun]

shanka900

legc1300

grainsa1400

limbc1400

foot?a1425

stumpa1500

pin?1515

pestlea1529

boughc1550

stamp1567

understander1583

pile1584

supporters1601

walker?1611

trestle1612

fetlock1645

pedestal1695

drumstick1770

gam1785

timber1807

tram1808–18

fork1812

prop1817

nethers1822

forkals1828

understanding1828

stick1830

nether person1835

locomotive1836

nether man1846

underpinning1848

bender1849

Scotch peg1857

Scotch1859

under-pinner1859

stem1860

Coryate's compasses1864

peg1891

wheel1927

shaft1935

α.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 33 Þa hi to þam hælende comon & gesawon þæt he dead wæs ne bræcon hi na his sceancan.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 160/15 Crus, scance; crura, sceanca.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4775 Brest. & wambe. & þes. & cnes. & fet. & shannkess.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 28002 If þou..has bituix hir scankes gan or tirid or tut or skirt vptan.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14064 And sco hir vnttement me broght And smerd has me fote and schank.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 81 Men ballokes hyngez doune to þaire schankes.

c1430 Chev. Assigne 326 Thenne thei styrte vp on hy with staloworth shankes.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Parastata, also one of the bones in the shanke of the legge.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K^v Sundry flowring bankes, To sit and rest the walkers wearie shankes .

c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) ii. i. 27 Come stirr your Shanks nimbly or Ile hough ye.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland v. 12 Slender wasts, spindle shanks, and swift of foot.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 16 With eye askance I view the muscular proportion'd limb Transform'd to a lean shank.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiv. 129 My stockings..were quite worn through, so that my shanks went naked.

1890 H. G. Dakyns tr. Xenophon Anabasis iii. ii, in Wks. I. 156 In fact we, on our stout shanks, are better mounted than those cavalry fellows.

β. a900 Kent. Glosses 58 in Old Eng. Texts 173 Tibiis, sconcum.a1000 Solomon & Saturn 101 Læteð flint brecan scines sconcan.c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 211 At pleȝe þih and shonkes and fet oppieð, wombe gosshieð, and shuldres wrenchieð.a1225 Juliana 48 Ich habbe i-blend men ant ibroken ham þe schonken & te schuldren baðen.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 189 Þilke reufule garcen of þe luðere schurgen auh ȝeont al his leofliche lif & naut ane on his [sc. Christ's] scheonken.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2924 Lihteð of eowre blanken. and stondeð on eowre sconken [c1300 Otho vp ȝoure feot].a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 780 Wrynge þou not wyth þy schonkes.

b. Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, pony, etc.: one's own legs as a means of conveyance.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun]

walkinga1325

spacingc1485

ambulation1554

footing1567

hoofing1652

Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774

pedestrianizing1799

pedestrianism1808

ankle express1887

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 224 And auld shanks-nag wad tire, I dread, To pace to Berwick.

a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) I. 204 I'd rather..ride on Shanks's Mare.

1823 W. Scott Fam. Lett. 11 Feb. (1894) II. xix. 167 I found shanksnaigie..the only way of moving by which I could get out to dinner.

1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. iii I'll start for Carnarvon on Shanks's pony.

c. The lower part of the foreleg of some animals, spec. of a horse, that part between the so-called knee and the fetlock, corresponding to the metacarpus. Also, the tarsus of a bird; the tibia or fourth joint of the leg of an insect.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > lower leg > [noun]

shankOE

crus1728

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > lower part of foreleg

shankOE

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bones of lower leg > tibia

shankOE

shinbonec1000

leg bone1615

tibia1726

OE Phoenix 310 Is se scyld ufan frætwum gefeged ofer þæs fugles bæc. Sindon þa scancan scyllum biweaxen, fealwe fotas.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 362 Nim blæces hundes deades þone swyþran fotsceancan.]

1545 T. Scalon Treat. Astron. (Ashm. 391) f. 1 In Tauro..the schank or sparlivre.

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 82^v Making him [Pan] to haue the head and shankes of a goate.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 147 The marrow of the shanks [of the Crane] is used in ophthalmick unguents.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 194 The Bees by their pale coloured Shanks at their return home, shew whence they have their Store.

a1777 O. Goldsmith Epil. Harlequin 31 ‘The deuce confound,’ he [the stag] cries, ‘these drumstick shanks.’

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxii. 286 These legs..vary in larvæ of the different orders: but they seem in most to have joints answering to the hip (coxa); trochanter; shank (tibia).

a1836 J. F. South Zool. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 284/1 The legs [of insects] are divided into five parts,—the hip, trochanter, thigh, shank, and foot.

1881 G. J. Romanes in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 751 The so-called knee of the horse is really the wrist or ankle, and the so-called shank, the middle toe or finger very much enlarged.

d. As part of a joint of meat, e.g. in a ham, a leg of mutton, etc.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh > lower part of leg

houghc1430

knuckle-bonec1440

knuckle1626

shin1736

shank1804

knuckle-enda1845

1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 148 Good broth, made of shank of beef, or veal and mutton.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. v. 279 A ham without its shank.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 60 He brings in triumph a basket out of which sticks the shank of a huge leg of mutton.

1908 C. H. Senn Dict. Foods 132 Shank Jelly, a kind of savoury jelly, lightly seasoned, recommended to weak people.

†2. plural. A kind of fur obtained from the legs of animals, esp. kids, goats or sheep, used for trimming outer garments. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > parts of

wame1374

shanks1480

overfur1896

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 116 A furre of blac bogy shanks.

1502 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) 268 My gowne of tawney furred with shankles [sic].

1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 43 A nolde gowne of blake furryd with blake sankes.

1570 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 330 One gowne faced with Shanks.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ii1^v/1 Shankes, be the skin of the shanke or legge of a kind of Kidde which beareth the furre, that we call Budge.

3. Scottish. A stocking, or that part of it which covers the leg; esp. a stocking in process of being knitted. Also U.S. plural leggings.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking

hose1297

stock1456

netherstock1535

shanka1547

undersock1556

nether-stocking1581

stocking1583

shinner1585

stockard1597

vamper1699

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > parts of > other

shanka1547

heelc1571

heeling1591

stocking-sole1607

scogger1615

calfa1658

stocking top1664

seama1825

rig1838

ladder-stop1931

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other

silk stocking1600

top-stocking1686

moggan1754

Derby rib1778

bootee1844

shank1871

sandal-foot1959

thigh-high1962

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > gaiters or leggings

legging1718

legger1769

galligaskin1859

shank1888

a1547 P. Vaus Let. in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 2 I pray yow vat ye vaild send me sum mo schankis, for them that I haine vill be schone doine.

1603 Philotus xxx. sig. B2^v Ȝour schankis of silk ȝour veluot schone.

1611 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 142 Twa pair of schanks w^t ane hatt [etc.].

1644–5 Aberd. Acc. in Spalding Club Misc. V. 164 Item, two pair wovin whyte shankis to him, at threttie shillings ye pair, 3 lib.

a1867 W. Anderson in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 2nd Ser. 235 Jean scrapit a livin' wi' weavin' at shanks.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxviii. 264 The lang evenin's 's drawin' on noo, an' it's tiresome nae to hae a bit shank to tak' i' yer han' files.

1888 Harper's Mag. Oct. 510/1 Four or five pairs of heavy woollen socks cover his feet, and over them is placed a pair of caribou shanks.

4. transferred.

†a. Each of the ‘legs’ of a pair of compasses. Also each of the ‘legs’ of a triangle. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > compasses, dividers, or callipers > leg of a pair of compasses

shank1587

point1669

pencil arm1884

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > triangle > side or segment of

casus?a1560

hypotenuse?a1560

shank1587

leg1603

crure1610

hypotenusal1648

crus1712

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for circles

compassa1387

shank1587

beam-compass1785

bow-compass1796

bow-pen1869

pencil arm1884

spring bow1998

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vii. 99 In the drawing of a Circle, the one shanke of the Compasses is set fast in some place, and the other shanke is caryed round about.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxix. 366/2 All men [have]..the shank of their Compas so set in a center that the Circle of their lines are [etc.].

1679 A. Lovell tr. F. Pomey Indiculus Universalis 159 The Isocele, or Triangle of equal Shanks.

b. Each of the two portions of a pair of scissors between the bow and the joint.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > shears or scissors > [noun] > parts of

shear1794

shank1833

twitter-bit1851

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 40 Ladies' and fancy scissors, the shanks of which have been composed of rich open work.

1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 63 Scissors..Bent Blade and Shank.

c. Architecture. plural. The plane spaces between the grooves of the Doric triglyph.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > parts of Doric entablature

edge1563

femur1563

gutta1563

metope1563

modillion1563

mutule1563

regula1563

subtenia1563

taenia1563

triglyph1563

demi-metope1703

semi-metope1703

diglyph1728

glyph1775

shank1823

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 593 Shanks; the intersticial spaces between the channels of the trigliph, in the Doric frieze; sometimes called Legs.

1838 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 2) 121 Shanks, or Legs, names given to the two interstitical places between the channels of the triglyph of a Doric frieze.

d. Each of the two checks or side-pieces of a spur.

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1891 in Cent. Dict.

5. The stem or straight part of anything. Cf. shaft n.²

a. The stem of a goblet, glass, etc.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass > stem

shank1553

shafta1837

stem1836

baluster stem1844

straw-stem1853

stalka1864

Silesian stem1929

1553 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 168 The foote, shancke, and knoppe of the challaice.

1583–4 New Year's Gifts in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) II. 420 Oone sault, the foote, shainke, and cover of lapis-lazule.

1625 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1726) XVIII. 238/1 One Salte of Goulde..haveing uppon the Shanke three great course Saphires.

1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds iii. 28 He had the shank o' the very glass in his hand he had held to his old frien's lips.

b. The straight part of a nail or pin, between the head and the taper of the point. Also of a drill or borer.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > parts of nails

rivet1392

nail head1440

shank1483

clench1598

clinch1725

dog-head1793

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §2 No Merchant Stranger..shall bring into this Realm..Latten Nails with Iron Shanks.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 Pinnes..such as shal..haue the heads soudered fast to the shanke.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 7 An hole..to set the blunt end of the shank of the Drill in.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Shoeing Horses The Shanks of the Nails should be somewhat flat, and the Points sharp.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 20 A shank or small mandrel..with a square hole..at the end of it, into which drill bits of various sizes can be alternately inserted.

1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 174 The coral animal is..not much larger than a pin's shank.

c. The stem of a plant (†Scottish also the trunk of a tree); the pedicel or footstalk of a flower; the footstalk or connecting part of any organ in a plant.

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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun]

stealc700

stemc888

spirea1000

stalka1366

caulc1420

codd?1440

stalec1440

thighc1440

shank1513

pipe?1523

start?1523

spindle1577

leg1597

scape1601

haulm1623

caulicle1657

culm1657

thyrse1658

scapus1704

stemlet1838

stam1839

caulis1861

caulome1875

tige1900

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 70 And like as quhen the anciant aik tre, With his byg schank, be north wynd oft we se Is vmbeset.

1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 413 Ane penny..havand on the one syde ane palmetre crownit, ane schell padocke crepand up the schank of the samyn.

1617 G. Markham Country Housew. Garden (1648) ix. 96 Set slips without shankes any time, except [etc.].

a1693 Urquhart's Rebelais iii. xiii. 109 One Apple of the shortshank Pepin-kind.]

1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Schank And Scot. the stalk of any herb or plant is called the shank.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 211 Its long tubular shank is finely rayed, the inside with purple-bluish veins.

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Clove Cloves must be chosen dry,..and if possible, with the shank on.

1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xiv. 256 Earth up the shanks [of cucumber plants] with dry mould.

1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 169 And the dock, and henbane, and hemlock dank, Stretched out its long and hollow shank.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 235 They are connected..by means of shanks or diverging limbs, which are attached to the neighbouring bundles on either side.

†d. The tunnel of a chimney. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > flue or shaft

tewelc1384

shaftc1450

tunnel1508

shankc1525

chimney-shank1552

flue1582

gullet1672

funnel1688

fire tube1729

vent1756

stalk1821

chimney neck1833

stovepipe1858

c1525 Contract in J. Gage Hist. & Antiq. Hengrave, Suffolk (1822) 42 The schanck of the chymnies.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Fumarium,..also the shanke or tonell of a chymneye.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)

e. The shaft or stem of an anchor, connecting the arms and the stock.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > shank of anchor

shankc1550

staff1611

shaft1769

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Than thai maid fast the schank of the ankyr.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 The Anchor hath a stocke, a ring, a shanke, a flouke.

1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 29 Nov. (1967) III. i. 253 The ring with part of the shank and the two palms [of the anchor] were wanting.

1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 165 The shank lying athwartships under the boat.

1905 W. E. Geil Yankee in Pigmy Land xxv. 375 Had the steering gear of the ‘Flandre’ broken, we should have gone over the cataracts in spite of the shanks being ready to cast.

†f. The stem of a candlestick. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > stem of

shank1577

steal1585

start1697

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Gg.ij/2 So then Christ is the shancke or shaft of the Candlesticke.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. T3^v Hard by this Altar are two very rich candlestickes..; the whole shanke betwixt the base and the socket being about eight foot high.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shank,..the Stem of a Candle-stick.

g. The straight part of a fish-hook, to which the line is attached.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > part of hook

shanka1609

a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xviii. sig. B4 His Shank should neither be to short nor long, His point not ouersharpe, nor yet too dull.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 255 Lay your Line on the Inside of the Shank.

1910 H. T. Sheringham in Encycl. Brit. II. 28/2 [article Angling] A leaded hook round the shank of which is twisted bright-coloured wool.

†h. The neck of a still or alembic. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > other parts of still

bucket1594

shank1600

bolt-head1612

rostrum1654

glass-belly1681

still-head1694

condenser1874

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxxvi. 608 C Is the shanke which must be a foote long at the least, and is otherwise called the neck of the stillitorie.

i. The cylindrical portion of a stop-cock.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > parts of

shank1660

seat1841

mica flap1906

spool1960

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 11 There was soder'd on to the shank of the Cock..a Plate of Tin.

1797 J. Curr Coal Viewer 55 Injection Cocks. To be made of brass with square shanks.

j. Typography. The body of a type, as distinguished from the shoulder, face, and foot.

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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > parts of type

eye1611

face1683

foot1683

kern1683

shank1683

shoulder1683

counter1798

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 390 The square Mettle the Face of a Letter stands on, is called the Shank of a Letter.

1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 219/2 Low spaces and quads must all be raised to the level of the height of the shanks of the letters prior to moulding.

k. The stem of a key, between the bow and the bit.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > parts of key > shaft or stem

rose-pipe1663

shank1678

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 6 The shank of a Key also, or some such long hole, the Punch cannot strike.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2132/4 Lost.., a large Key with a Coronet and fluted Shank filed cross.

l. The stem of a tobacco-pipe.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > stem of pipe

steal1672

stopple1681

pipe shank1688

shank1688

pipe-stapplea1732

pipestema1734

pipe-stick1833

shaft1841

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 271/2 Long shanks [of a Tobacco-pipe]... Short shanks or ends.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 272/1 A Shanking toole..to rub and polish and make smooth the shanks of the pipes.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 404 Keep stirring the mixture with the shank of a tobacco-pipe.

1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 46 He ran a straw down the shank of his pipe.

m. The slender part between the flattened handle and the bowl of a spoon; the narrow part of a spoon-handle. Also, the handle of a ladle.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > spoon > parts of

stalka1423

slipc1530

shank1688

bit1703

heel1801

rat's tail1878

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 6/1 Spoons are made plaine, but with wrought shanks, and heads with diuerse devises.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 585 By lifting it [the glass] out in flat copper ladles with iron shanks.

n. The blank part of a screw, or screw-bolt, between the thread and the head.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > tang

tang14..

shank1678

fang1769

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > other parts of screw

shank1678

screw cap1821

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 29 The shank of the Screw..must be Forged square near the Head.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 28 You must make wide holes, big enough to receive the shank of the Screw.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 300 The shanks of these Screws are made so long as to reach through the Head and through the Cap: at the upper-end of these shanks is made male-screws.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 217 The narrow part of slot slips down over shank of screw, and the head holds the shelf firmly in its place.

o. Architecture. The shaft of a column.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column

verge1412

shaft1483

scapus1563

trunk1563

scape1663

tige1664

fust1665

shank1736

escape1845

1736 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 652/2 It [Pompey's Column] is made up of three Pieces, of which the Chapiter is one, the Shank and three Feet of the Basis forms the second, and the Basis compose the third.

p. Scottish. The shaft of a pit or mine.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft

groovea1400

shaft1433

sink1557

mine pit1587

sinking1613

footway1778

shank1790

mine shaft1818

1790 A. Wilson Poems 215 Nine score o' fathoms shanks down lead, To let the hammerin' core in.

1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid xxi. 138 This lowsing the stanes in the shank, so chirted oot the bratticing that at last [etc.].

q. The tang of a knife, chisel, etc. or part which is inserted in the handle; the continuation of the tang of a tool or instrument.

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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 388/1 The Shank [of a chisel].

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 261 Strong bayonets, with short firm shanks Protruded from their tubes.

r. (a) The part of a harpoon between the ‘socket’ and the ‘mouth’. (b) The tapering part of an oar between the handle and the blade. (c) dialect. The handle of a broom, rake, spade, etc.: see Eng. Dial. Dict.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > oar > shaft of oar

loom1697

shank1820

society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > harpoon > parts of

shank1820

stop-wither1820

fluec1860

(a)

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 223.

(b)1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 30 The oar or scull [consists] of handle, loom, shank, and blade.1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 297/2 (Rowing) Oar... Its chief parts are—the blade, broad and thin, which is dipped in the water, the loom or shank, and the handle, which the oarsman grips.

s. The stylet of a trocar.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > trocar > stylet of

shank1846

1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 393 The surgeon..then plunges in the trocart by a sharp quick blow... He instantly withdraws the shank, supporting with his left hand the canula.

t. The fang of a tooth. rare.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > root

fang1667

tang1716

shank1851

1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions iii. §5. 245 The germ of the coronal portion of the tooth was first secreted and the entire crown completed before the formation of the shank or fang commenced.

u. The narrow part of a boot or shoe which connects the sole with the heel; the waist.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > waist or shank

shank1875

shank-piece1885

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shank-cutter, a machine or tool for cutting shanks for boots and shoes.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 830.

v. That part of an axe-head which is between the edge and the back, which in some old forms is drawn out long and thin.

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1891 in Cent. Dict.

w. A straight piece of metal tubing fitted to a brass instrument to lower its pitch.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > parts of > other parts

crook1842

shank1885

tuning-slide1885

mouth pipe1973

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > trumpet > parts of

shank1885

1885 G. B. Shaw in Our Corner Nov. 313 Brass instruments have resources in shanks and tuning-slides for flattening.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 114/1 By the addition [to a horn or trumpet] of a crook (a curved additional length of tubing) or a shank (a straight additional length), the fundamental note could be altered.

1977 Early Music 5 221/2 Every hand horn that we found..had a C alto shank among the set of crooks.

6. A part or appendage by which something is attached. (Cf. 6c, ‘footstalk’.)

a. That part of a ring which encircles the finger.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > part of

collet1528

chaton1578

chaston1604

shank1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 91/1 (Jewellers' terms.) Shank, is that part as compasseth the Finger, the Ring part.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4691/4 A large enamelled Ring set like a Lozenge, with 18 Diamonds about the Stone and Shank.

1873 Catal. Loan Exhib. Anc. & Mod. Jewellery (South Kensington Museum) 72 Gold ring, the shank formed of leaves; in centre a transparent stone.

1928 Daily Express 18 June 5/2 The middle stone may be placed into a knife-edged shank with a ‘coronet’ setting, producing a solitaire ring.

1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 16/5 Mrs Tyson was fined a further £20 for stating orally..that a ring was solid gold when it had a hollow shank filled with wax.

b. A lug, stud, or ear, projecting from an object, by which it is held, or which affords a bearing or point of attachment.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > by which it is held

shank1678

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 28 This spring is..fixed at the bottom of the Main-plate, by two small shanks proceeding from that edge of the spring that lies against the Main-plate as at O O: These shanks are to be rivetted..on the other side of the Main-plate.

c. (See quot. 1688.)

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > clapper > part of

shank1688

flight1872

clapper-staya1884

clapper-bolt1901

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 462/1 The Shank [of the Clapper of a Bell], the length of it to the Ball.

d. The wire loop by which some kinds of buttons are attached.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > shank

shank1790

1790 H. Clay Patent in Repertory of Arts (1800) XII. 242 If a shank of metal is wanted or preferred,..the shank is to be put into or through a single piece or pieces of slate or slit stone,..leaving a metal stud, or other ornament, on the top of the button.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 86 [article Button-maker] To this plate is soldered the eye or ‘shank’ made of wire.

1904 A. Quiller-Couch Fort Amity xv. 180 She..began with her embroidery scissors to snip at the shanks of its breast-buttons.

7. In names of various tools and implements.

†a. A bone pin for slating. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails

roof nail1284

shingle-nail1303

spoon-nailc1310

tile-pin1338

lead-nail1355

spoon-brod1361

stone-brod1363

stone-nail1469

slate-pin1579

shank1716

slate-peg1875

slate-nail1880

1716 Ford (Northumbld.) Ch.-bks. (MS.) Paid for three pecks of shanks, from Newcastle, 3s. 8d.

b. Founding. A clay-lined ladle having long handles, one of them T-shaped, in which to carry molten metal from the furnace to the mould.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels

crossletc1386

testc1386

cruciblea1475

spoon1496

melting pot1545

cruset1558

fining pot1560

hooker1594

cupel1605

crusoile1613

crisol1622

melt pot1637

muffle1644

crevet1658

coffin1686

sand-pot1758

Hessian crucible1807

pan1839

shank1843

casting-pot1846

king pot1862

converter1867

washpot1879

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 369 A double hand-ladle, or a shank.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shank, a double hand-ladle, capable of holding 2 to 4 cwt. of melted metal, carried in foundries by from three to five men.

c. plural. (See quot. 1850.)

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1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1265 The lenses..are brought to the circular form with flat pliers called shanks, the jaws of which are made of soft iron that they may more readily..take a firm hold.

d. A short rope or chain (spec. = †short for shank-painter n. at Compounds 2); ‘a tie-strap of a halter; the loose end of a rope or chain’ ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of

warp1296

sewing-rope1336

viring-rope1336

wardrope1338

bast1357

breast rope1412

balk-line1506

waterline1626

shank1706

selvage1711

shroud hawser1744

white line1747

selvagee1750

cringle1787

staple-rope1794

bracing-rope1827

selvage-stropc1860

soga1860

four-cant1867

toggle-lanyard1874

maguey1908

snorter1950

snotter1950

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of

headstallc1330

trench1480

stalk1497

musrol1551

head-strain?1561

water-chain?1561

throat band1585

cavesson1598

mullen1598

nose bit?a1600

front-stall1601

ampyx1607

chain1607

fillet1607

cheek-band1611

cheekpiece1611

noseband1611

throat thong1611

headpiece1678

throatlatch1693

headband1704

trenchefil1730

bridoon1744

banquet1753

head1756

cheek1795

throat strap1803

frontlet1805

throat-lash1805

cheekstrap1834

brow-band1844

nosepiece1865

shank1879

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shank, or shank-Painter, (in Sea-Affairs) a short Chain [etc.].

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Shank, a rope by which a horse is tied up in the stall.

e. Fishing. (a) A line of pots attached to a rope, used to catch crabs, whelks, etc. (b) = shank-net n. at Compounds 2 (see sense Compounds 2).

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > for shrimps

trim-tram1590

shank-net1883

shank1962

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > for lobsters or crabs > line of

shank1962

1962 Listener 28 June 1105/2 Not far short of 600 fathoms of rope go to one shank of pots (a shank holds thirty-six pots).

1971 Country Life 29 Apr. 1000 (caption) Fishermen shooting out their shank of pots. Between 24 and 70 pots are attached at intervals along the rope to form the shank.

1973 W. Elmer Terminol. Fishing ii. 72 Shanks are designed to be dragged in shallow waters.

8. Scottish and northern. ‘The projecting part of a hill, or the narrow ridge, which, like a stem, joins the mass to the level ground’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1894).

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > projecting

shank1602

spur1652

buttress1682

1602 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 485/2 The south schank of ane hill callit the peithill.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 201 I thought I heard a queer unearthly greet coming down the shank, and wizing ay nearer, and nearer to the byre door.

1887 Scotsman 19 Mar. The long ‘shanks’ and the abounding waterfalls.

9. dialect and U.S. The latter end or part of anything: the remainder or last part of a thing. Esp. in shank of the evening.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part

eveningOE

enda1200

eventide?c1225

finea1350

tail1377

latter (last) enda1382

issue1484

latter day?1498

waning1561

last days1572

heel1584

sunsetting1593

fall1596

lag-end1598

posterior1598

sunset1599

dotage1606

exit1615

stern1623

waning timea1639

last1683

heel piecea1764

shank1828

tail-end1845

tailpiece1869

tag1882

teatime1913

end-point1921

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment

stobc1420

end1481

stump1516

fragment1531

stuba1533

remainder?1570

remain1572

fag1582

snub1590

remnant1597

butt1612

heeltap1776

hagsnar1796

tag-end1807

shank1828

nuba1834

nubbin1857

snar1892

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘The shank of the evening’, twilight.

1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 16 Dec. 418/2 ‘Won't you spend the balance of the evening with me?’ In some places, shank is quaintly used with the same signification.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 220 The shank of the day.

1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 722 Shank of the evening, the twilight or dusk of the evening, and in some cases the latter part of it.

1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xviii. 280 Miller made him knock off along in the shank of the evening.

1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin vii. 97 ‘It's very late.’ ‘Shank of the evening.’

1973 Publishers Weekly 19 Nov. 56/2 The stuff that makes the antennae of music pros and music-lovers twitch during cultural quarrels in the shank of a Lincoln Center evening.

10.

a. Some unidentified plant (quot. 1657).

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1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K8 Shanke herb.

b. ‘A name applied to plants of the genus Bryonia’ (Worcester 1860 citing Johnson).

11. Golf. An act of striking the ball with the heel of the club.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke

putta1754

like1790

drive1829

tee-shot1850

gobble1857

push shot1865

iron shot1870

push stroke1873

drive-off1884

slice1886

raker1888

foozle1890

hook1890

iron1890

top1890

sclaff1893

brassy shot1894

run1894

chip shot1899

chip1903

pull1903

skimmer1903

draw shot1904

brassy1906

pitch-and-run1908

windcheater1909

air shot1920

chip-in1921

explosion1924

downhiller1925

blast1927

driver1927

shank1927

socket1927

recovery1937

whiff1952

pinsplitter1961

comebacker1965

bump-and-run1981

1927 Daily Express 26 Oct. 3/4 It is difficult to see how a ‘shank’ could be avoided.

1942 Sun (Baltimore) 8 July 12/7 It should be stated here that a slice isn't a shank.

1960 Times 31 May 4/1 Miss Price had a shank at the 13th.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

shank-end n.

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1837 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) 170 Nah, mo lads, we'n get'n tot shank end at year ageean.

1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 197/1 Put one [file] in a vice and knock the shank end off.

C2.

† shank-hook n. Obsolete a hook to secure the shank of an anchor when it is being drawn up to the ship's side.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > hook to secure shank to ship

shank-hook1485

1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 38 Catte hokes with tree..v, Shanke hokes..iij.

shank-jelly n. (see quot. 1824).

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > jelly > [noun] > meat jelly

meat jelly1381

cow heel1655

calf's-foot jelly1775

aspic1789

shank-jelly1824

1824 New Syst. Cookery 372 Shank Jelly. Soak twelve shanks of mutton four hours... Pour three quarts of water to them [etc.].

1898 C. H. Senn Culinary Encycl. 86 Shank Jelly.

† shank-main n. Obsolete the pastern (of a horse).

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > foot or spec. foot > pastern

pasterna1450

shank-main1580

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Paturon de cheval, the shanke~maine of a horse.

shank-net n. a trawl-net used in shrimping.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > for shrimps

trim-tram1590

shank-net1883

shank1962

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 14 Shank Net or Shrimp Net, to be used from a Boat.

shank-painter n. = painter n.¹ 2.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > lashings, seizings, or securing ropes > securing anchor at ship's side

painter1336

shank-painter1495

wing-stopper1794

cat-head stopper1830

ring-stopper1834

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 258 Shankpayntours feble..ij, Bowpayntours for destrelles feble..j, Shankpayntors for destrelles worne & feble..ij.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 31 The Shank-painter is a short chaine fastend vnder the fore masts shrouds with a bolt to the ships sides, and at the other end a rope to make fast the Anchor to the Bow.

1642 H. Bond Boate Swaines Art 17 4 Shank Panters of 3½ inches. 1 Shank Panter for the Streame Anchor 3 inches.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 37 To have Bolts for the Top-tackles, standing Parts of the Sheets, Shank-painter Chains.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Shank-Painter A short rope and chain which hangs the shank and flukes of an anchor up to the ship's side, as the stopper fastens the ring and stock to the cathead.

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 57 The shank painter is then passed.

shank-piece n. (see quot. 1885).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > waist or shank

shank1875

shank-piece1885

1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 280/1 The sole in a machine-made shoe would mean a sole, an inner sole, shank piece [etc.].

† shank-pillion n. Obsolete a pommel.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle

saddle-boweOE

arsonc1300

saddle skirt1361

saddle-tree1364

skirtc1400

saddle panel1465

stock-tree1470

stock1497

pommela1500

tree1535

pillion cloth1540

port1548

saddle stock1548

pilch1552

bolster1591

cantle1591

shank-pilliona1599

pillowc1600

pad1604

crutch1607

sivet1607

saddle crutcha1614

saddle eaves1663

saddle tore1681

burr1688

head1688

narve1688

saddle seat1688

sidebar1688

torea1694

quarter1735

bands of a saddle1753

witherband1764

withers1764

peak1775

pillion-stick1784

boot-housing1792

saddle flap1798

saddle lap1803

fork1833

flap1849

horn1849

skirting1852

hunting-horn1854

head-plate1855

saddle horn1856

cantle bar1859

leaping-horn1859

straining1871

stirrup-bar1875

straining-leather1875

spring tree1877

leaping-head1881

officer-tree1894

monkey1911

monkey-strap1915

thigh roll1963

straining-web-

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 49 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The furniture of his horse,..his shanke pillion without stirruppes.

Draft additions June 2017

Tennis. A mishit shot, typically one that comes off the frame of the racket.

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1993 Washington Post 20 July e5/2 For the most part his shots hit the mark with elegant precision, although there were occasional wild shanks.

2012 straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com 7 June (O.E.D. Archive) More and more shanks are coming off the forehand..of Sam Stosur.

2016 W. Skidelsky Federer & Me 75 It may actually explain why Federer gets more ‘shanks’, or mishits, than other players.

Draft additions September 2019

slang (originally U.S.). A makeshift knife, esp. one made by a prison inmate from a sharp object such as a razor or a piece of metal or broken glass.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives

bollock knifec1400

paring knife1415

spudc1440

pricking-knifec1500

shaving-knife1530–1

by-knifec1570

heading knife1574

stock knife1582

drawing knife1583

bung-knife1592

weeding knife1598

drawing knife1610

heading knife1615

draw knife1679

dressing knife1683

redishing knife1688

mocotaugan1716

skinning knife1767

paper knife1789

draw shave1824

leaf-cutter1828

piece-knife1833

nut-pick1851

relic knife1854

butch1859

straw-knife1862

sportsman's companion1863

ulu1864

skinner1872

hacker1875

over-shave1875

stripping-knife1875

Stanley knife1878

flat-back1888

gauge-knife1888

tine-knife1888

plough1899

band-knife1926

X-Acto1943

shank1953

box cutter1955

ratchet knife1966

ratchet1975

1953 W. Brown Monkey on my Back 98 He hated the police with such uncontrolled fury that he said, ‘Every time I see a nab I want to stick a shank in his back.’

1970 Let. 24 Sept. in E. Pell et al. Maximum Security (1972) 161 Black people are kept in such a tight security watch that they are lucky to get a razor blade, not to think of four foot-long shanks.

2007 XXL Worldwide May 126/3 Still, a few hours in and you'll be carving up the competition faster than a shank through prison jumpers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shank
释义	shankn. Brit. /ʃaŋk/, U.S. /ʃæŋk/ Forms: α. Old English sceanca, scanca, scance, Middle English scanke, Middle English (Ormin) shankk, Middle English–1600s schank(e, shanke, Middle English sschanke, Middle English schanke, 1500s shainke, shankke, sanke, shaunck, 1500s–1600s shanck(e, Middle English– shank. β. Old English sconca, sconc, Middle English sconke, shonke, ( soncke), Middle English schonke. Etymology: Old English sc(e)anca weak masculine corresponds to Low German schanke leg, thigh, Flemish schank bone (Swedish, Danish skank, Norwegian skonk thigh, probably < Low German) < West Germanic skankan-; also, with difference of declension, to Middle Low German schenke, Dutch schenk* leg-bone ( < skanki-); a derivative from the same grade of the root is Middle Low German, Middle High German, modern German schenkel* thigh (West Germanic skankila-). From other grades of the root (skink-: skank-: skunk-) are Old Saxon scinka, gl. Latin ‘basis’, ‘tibia’ (Middle Low German schinke thigh, ham), Old High German scinko (masculine), scinka (feminine), leg-bone, thigh (Middle High German schinke (masculine), thigh, ham, modern German schinken (masculine), ham); Old Frisian skunka, sconck (modern Frisian skonk, schunk), Low German (Koolman) schunke thigh, ham, Dutch schonk bone. The Old English strong form sconc neuter may belong to either the a or the u grade. The root agrees formally, and may be identical, with that of Old Norse skakk-r wry, distorted ( < Germanic skanko-), which is probably cognate with Greek σκάζειν* ( < pre-Hellenic sq'ngy-) to limp. Even assuming the identity of the root, however, the etymological meaning of the Germanic nouns remains obscure. 1. a. That part of the leg which extends from the knee to the ankle; the tibia or shinbone. Also (now jocularly) the leg as a whole; chiefly plural* one's legs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] shanka900 legc1300 grainsa1400 limbc1400 foot?a1425 stumpa1500 pin?1515 pestlea1529 boughc1550 stamp1567 understander1583 pile1584 supporters1601 walker?1611 trestle1612 fetlock1645 pedestal1695 drumstick1770 gam1785 timber1807 tram1808–18 fork1812 prop1817 nethers1822 forkals1828 understanding1828 stick1830 nether person1835 locomotive1836 nether man1846 underpinning1848 bender1849 Scotch peg1857 Scotch1859 under-pinner1859 stem1860 Coryate's compasses1864 peg1891 wheel1927 shaft1935 α. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 33 Þa hi to þam hælende comon & gesawon þæt he dead wæs ne bræcon hi na his sceancan. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 160/15 Crus, scance; crura, sceanca. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4775 Brest. & wambe. & þes. & cnes. & fet. & shannkess. a1300 Cursor Mundi 28002 If þou..has bituix hir scankes gan or tirid or tut or skirt vptan. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14064 And sco hir vnttement me broght And smerd has me fote and schank. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 81 Men ballokes hyngez doune to þaire schankes. c1430 Chev. Assigne 326 Thenne thei styrte vp on hy with staloworth shankes. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Parastata, also one of the bones in the shanke of the legge. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K^v Sundry flowring bankes, To sit and rest the walkers wearie shankes . View more context for this quotation c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) ii. i. 27 Come stirr your Shanks nimbly or Ile hough ye. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland v. 12 Slender wasts, spindle shanks, and swift of foot. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 16 With eye askance I view the muscular proportion'd limb Transform'd to a lean shank. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiv. 129 My stockings..were quite worn through, so that my shanks went naked. 1890 H. G. Dakyns tr. Xenophon Anabasis iii. ii, in Wks. I. 156 In fact we, on our stout shanks, are better mounted than those cavalry fellows. β. a900 Kent. Glosses 58 in Old Eng. Texts 173 Tibiis, sconcum.a1000 Solomon & Saturn 101 Læteð flint brecan scines sconcan.c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 211 At pleȝe þih and shonkes and fet oppieð, wombe gosshieð, and shuldres wrenchieð.a1225 Juliana 48 Ich habbe i-blend men ant ibroken ham þe schonken & te schuldren baðen.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 189 Þilke reufule garcen of þe luðere schurgen auh ȝeont al his leofliche lif & naut ane on his [sc. Christ's] scheonken.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2924 Lihteð of eowre blanken. and stondeð on eowre sconken [c1300 Otho vp ȝoure feot].a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 780 Wrynge þou not wyth þy schonkes. b. Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, pony, etc.: one's own legs as a means of conveyance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] walkinga1325 spacingc1485 ambulation1554 footing1567 hoofing1652 Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774 pedestrianizing1799 pedestrianism1808 ankle express1887 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 224 And auld shanks-nag wad tire, I dread, To pace to Berwick. a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) I. 204 I'd rather..ride on Shanks's Mare. 1823 W. Scott Fam. Lett. 11 Feb. (1894) II. xix. 167 I found shanksnaigie..the only way of moving by which I could get out to dinner. 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. iii I'll start for Carnarvon on Shanks's pony. c. The lower part of the foreleg of some animals, spec. of a horse, that part between the so-called knee and the fetlock, corresponding to the metacarpus. Also, the tarsus of a bird; the tibia or fourth joint of the leg of an insect. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > lower leg > [noun] shankOE crus1728 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > lower part of foreleg shankOE the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bones of lower leg > tibia shankOE shinbonec1000 leg bone1615 tibia1726 OE Phoenix 310 Is se scyld ufan frætwum gefeged ofer þæs fugles bæc. Sindon þa scancan scyllum biweaxen, fealwe fotas. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 362 Nim blæces hundes deades þone swyþran fotsceancan.] 1545 T. Scalon Treat. Astron. (Ashm. 391) f. 1 In Tauro..the schank or sparlivre. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 82^v Making him [Pan] to haue the head and shankes of a goate. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 147 The marrow of the shanks [of the Crane] is used in ophthalmick unguents. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 194 The Bees by their pale coloured Shanks at their return home, shew whence they have their Store. a1777 O. Goldsmith Epil. Harlequin 31 ‘The deuce confound,’ he [the stag] cries, ‘these drumstick shanks.’ 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxii. 286 These legs..vary in larvæ of the different orders: but they seem in most to have joints answering to the hip (coxa); trochanter; shank (tibia). a1836 J. F. South Zool. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 284/1 The legs [of insects] are divided into five parts,—the hip, trochanter, thigh, shank, and foot. 1881 G. J. Romanes in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 751 The so-called knee of the horse is really the wrist or ankle, and the so-called shank, the middle toe or finger very much enlarged. d. As part of a joint of meat, e.g. in a ham, a leg of mutton, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh > lower part of leg houghc1430 knuckle-bonec1440 knuckle1626 shin1736 shank1804 knuckle-enda1845 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 148 Good broth, made of shank of beef, or veal and mutton. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. v. 279 A ham without its shank. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 60 He brings in triumph a basket out of which sticks the shank of a huge leg of mutton. 1908 C. H. Senn Dict. Foods 132 Shank Jelly, a kind of savoury jelly, lightly seasoned, recommended to weak people. †2. plural. A kind of fur obtained from the legs of animals, esp. kids, goats or sheep, used for trimming outer garments. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > parts of wame1374 shanks1480 overfur1896 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 116 A furre of blac bogy shanks. 1502 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) 268 My gowne of tawney furred with shankles [sic]. 1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 43 A nolde gowne of blake furryd with blake sankes. 1570 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 330 One gowne faced with Shanks. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ii1^v/1 Shankes, be the skin of the shanke or legge of a kind of Kidde which beareth the furre, that we call Budge. 3. Scottish. A stocking, or that part of it which covers the leg; esp. a stocking in process of being knitted. Also U.S. plural leggings. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking hose1297 stock1456 netherstock1535 shanka1547 undersock1556 nether-stocking1581 stocking1583 shinner1585 stockard1597 vamper1699 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > parts of > other shanka1547 heelc1571 heeling1591 stocking-sole1607 scogger1615 calfa1658 stocking top1664 seama1825 rig1838 ladder-stop1931 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other silk stocking1600 top-stocking1686 moggan1754 Derby rib1778 bootee1844 shank1871 sandal-foot1959 thigh-high1962 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > gaiters or leggings legging1718 legger1769 galligaskin1859 shank1888 a1547 P. Vaus Let. in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 2 I pray yow vat ye vaild send me sum mo schankis, for them that I haine vill be schone doine. 1603 Philotus xxx. sig. B2^v Ȝour schankis of silk ȝour veluot schone. 1611 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 142 Twa pair of schanks w^t ane hatt [etc.]. 1644–5 Aberd. Acc. in Spalding Club Misc. V. 164 Item, two pair wovin whyte shankis to him, at threttie shillings ye pair, 3 lib. a1867 W. Anderson in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 2nd Ser. 235 Jean scrapit a livin' wi' weavin' at shanks. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxviii. 264 The lang evenin's 's drawin' on noo, an' it's tiresome nae to hae a bit shank to tak' i' yer han' files. 1888 Harper's Mag. Oct. 510/1 Four or five pairs of heavy woollen socks cover his feet, and over them is placed a pair of caribou shanks. 4. transferred. †a. Each of the ‘legs’ of a pair of compasses. Also each of the ‘legs’ of a triangle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > compasses, dividers, or callipers > leg of a pair of compasses shank1587 point1669 pencil arm1884 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > triangle > side or segment of casus?a1560 hypotenuse?a1560 shank1587 leg1603 crure1610 hypotenusal1648 crus1712 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for circles compassa1387 shank1587 beam-compass1785 bow-compass1796 bow-pen1869 pencil arm1884 spring bow1998 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vii. 99 In the drawing of a Circle, the one shanke of the Compasses is set fast in some place, and the other shanke is caryed round about. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxix. 366/2 All men [have]..the shank of their Compas so set in a center that the Circle of their lines are [etc.]. 1679 A. Lovell tr. F. Pomey Indiculus Universalis 159 The Isocele, or Triangle of equal Shanks. b. Each of the two portions of a pair of scissors between the bow and the joint. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > shears or scissors > [noun] > parts of shear1794 shank1833 twitter-bit1851 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 40 Ladies' and fancy scissors, the shanks of which have been composed of rich open work. 1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 63 Scissors..Bent Blade and Shank. c. Architecture. plural. The plane spaces between the grooves of the Doric triglyph. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > parts of Doric entablature edge1563 femur1563 gutta1563 metope1563 modillion1563 mutule1563 regula1563 subtenia1563 taenia1563 triglyph1563 demi-metope1703 semi-metope1703 diglyph1728 glyph1775 shank1823 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 593 Shanks; the intersticial spaces between the channels of the trigliph, in the Doric frieze; sometimes called Legs. 1838 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 2) 121 Shanks, or Legs, names given to the two interstitical places between the channels of the triglyph of a Doric frieze. d. Each of the two checks or side-pieces of a spur. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 5. The stem or straight part of anything. Cf. shaft n.² a. The stem of a goblet, glass, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass > stem shank1553 shafta1837 stem1836 baluster stem1844 straw-stem1853 stalka1864 Silesian stem1929 1553 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 168 The foote, shancke, and knoppe of the challaice. 1583–4 New Year's Gifts in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) II. 420 Oone sault, the foote, shainke, and cover of lapis-lazule. 1625 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1726) XVIII. 238/1 One Salte of Goulde..haveing uppon the Shanke three great course Saphires. 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds iii. 28 He had the shank o' the very glass in his hand he had held to his old frien's lips. b. The straight part of a nail or pin, between the head and the taper of the point. Also of a drill or borer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > parts of nails rivet1392 nail head1440 shank1483 clench1598 clinch1725 dog-head1793 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §2 No Merchant Stranger..shall bring into this Realm..Latten Nails with Iron Shanks. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 Pinnes..such as shal..haue the heads soudered fast to the shanke. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 7 An hole..to set the blunt end of the shank of the Drill in. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Shoeing Horses The Shanks of the Nails should be somewhat flat, and the Points sharp. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 20 A shank or small mandrel..with a square hole..at the end of it, into which drill bits of various sizes can be alternately inserted. 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 174 The coral animal is..not much larger than a pin's shank. c. The stem of a plant (†Scottish also the trunk of a tree); the pedicel or footstalk of a flower; the footstalk or connecting part of any organ in a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] stealc700 stemc888 spirea1000 stalka1366 caulc1420 codd?1440 stalec1440 thighc1440 shank1513 pipe?1523 start?1523 spindle1577 leg1597 scape1601 haulm1623 caulicle1657 culm1657 thyrse1658 scapus1704 stemlet1838 stam1839 caulis1861 caulome1875 tige1900 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 70 And like as quhen the anciant aik tre, With his byg schank, be north wynd oft we se Is vmbeset. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 413 Ane penny..havand on the one syde ane palmetre crownit, ane schell padocke crepand up the schank of the samyn. 1617 G. Markham Country Housew. Garden (1648) ix. 96 Set slips without shankes any time, except [etc.]. a1693 Urquhart's Rebelais iii. xiii. 109 One Apple of the shortshank Pepin-kind.] 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Schank And Scot. the stalk of any herb or plant is called the shank. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 211 Its long tubular shank is finely rayed, the inside with purple-bluish veins. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Clove Cloves must be chosen dry,..and if possible, with the shank on. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xiv. 256 Earth up the shanks [of cucumber plants] with dry mould. 1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 169 And the dock, and henbane, and hemlock dank, Stretched out its long and hollow shank. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 235 They are connected..by means of shanks or diverging limbs, which are attached to the neighbouring bundles on either side. †d. The tunnel of a chimney. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > flue or shaft tewelc1384 shaftc1450 tunnel1508 shankc1525 chimney-shank1552 flue1582 gullet1672 funnel1688 fire tube1729 vent1756 stalk1821 chimney neck1833 stovepipe1858 c1525 Contract in J. Gage Hist. & Antiq. Hengrave, Suffolk (1822) 42 The schanck of the chymnies. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Fumarium,..also the shanke or tonell of a chymneye. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) e. The shaft or stem of an anchor, connecting the arms and the stock. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > shank of anchor shankc1550 staff1611 shaft1769 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Than thai maid fast the schank of the ankyr. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 The Anchor hath a stocke, a ring, a shanke, a flouke. 1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 29 Nov. (1967) III. i. 253 The ring with part of the shank and the two palms [of the anchor] were wanting. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 165 The shank lying athwartships under the boat. 1905 W. E. Geil Yankee in Pigmy Land xxv. 375 Had the steering gear of the ‘Flandre’ broken, we should have gone over the cataracts in spite of the shanks being ready to cast. †f. The stem of a candlestick. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > stem of shank1577 steal1585 start1697 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Gg.ij/2 So then Christ is the shancke or shaft of the Candlesticke. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. T3^v Hard by this Altar are two very rich candlestickes..; the whole shanke betwixt the base and the socket being about eight foot high. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shank,..the Stem of a Candle-stick. g. The straight part of a fish-hook, to which the line is attached. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > part of hook shanka1609 a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xviii. sig. B4 His Shank should neither be to short nor long, His point not ouersharpe, nor yet too dull. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 255 Lay your Line on the Inside of the Shank. 1910 H. T. Sheringham in Encycl. Brit. II. 28/2 [article Angling] A leaded hook round the shank of which is twisted bright-coloured wool. †h. The neck of a still or alembic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > other parts of still bucket1594 shank1600 bolt-head1612 rostrum1654 glass-belly1681 still-head1694 condenser1874 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxxvi. 608 C Is the shanke which must be a foote long at the least, and is otherwise called the neck of the stillitorie. i. The cylindrical portion of a stop-cock. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > parts of shank1660 seat1841 mica flap1906 spool1960 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 11 There was soder'd on to the shank of the Cock..a Plate of Tin. 1797 J. Curr Coal Viewer 55 Injection Cocks. To be made of brass with square shanks. j. Typography. The body of a type, as distinguished from the shoulder, face, and foot. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > parts of type eye1611 face1683 foot1683 kern1683 shank1683 shoulder1683 counter1798 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 390 The square Mettle the Face of a Letter stands on, is called the Shank of a Letter. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 219/2 Low spaces and quads must all be raised to the level of the height of the shanks of the letters prior to moulding. k. The stem of a key, between the bow and the bit. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > parts of key > shaft or stem rose-pipe1663 shank1678 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 6 The shank of a Key also, or some such long hole, the Punch cannot strike. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2132/4 Lost.., a large Key with a Coronet and fluted Shank filed cross. l. The stem of a tobacco-pipe. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > stem of pipe steal1672 stopple1681 pipe shank1688 shank1688 pipe-stapplea1732 pipestema1734 pipe-stick1833 shaft1841 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 271/2 Long shanks [of a Tobacco-pipe]... Short shanks or ends. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 272/1 A Shanking toole..to rub and polish and make smooth the shanks of the pipes. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 404 Keep stirring the mixture with the shank of a tobacco-pipe. 1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 46 He ran a straw down the shank of his pipe. m. The slender part between the flattened handle and the bowl of a spoon; the narrow part of a spoon-handle. Also, the handle of a ladle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > spoon > parts of stalka1423 slipc1530 shank1688 bit1703 heel1801 rat's tail1878 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 6/1 Spoons are made plaine, but with wrought shanks, and heads with diuerse devises. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 585 By lifting it [the glass] out in flat copper ladles with iron shanks. n. The blank part of a screw, or screw-bolt, between the thread and the head. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > tang tang14.. shank1678 fang1769 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > other parts of screw shank1678 screw cap1821 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 29 The shank of the Screw..must be Forged square near the Head. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 28 You must make wide holes, big enough to receive the shank of the Screw. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 300 The shanks of these Screws are made so long as to reach through the Head and through the Cap: at the upper-end of these shanks is made male-screws. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 217 The narrow part of slot slips down over shank of screw, and the head holds the shelf firmly in its place. o. Architecture. The shaft of a column. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column verge1412 shaft1483 scapus1563 trunk1563 scape1663 tige1664 fust1665 shank1736 escape1845 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 652/2 It [Pompey's Column] is made up of three Pieces, of which the Chapiter is one, the Shank and three Feet of the Basis forms the second, and the Basis compose the third. p. Scottish. The shaft of a pit or mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft groovea1400 shaft1433 sink1557 mine pit1587 sinking1613 footway1778 shank1790 mine shaft1818 1790 A. Wilson Poems 215 Nine score o' fathoms shanks down lead, To let the hammerin' core in. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid xxi. 138 This lowsing the stanes in the shank, so chirted oot the bratticing that at last [etc.]. q. The tang of a knife, chisel, etc. or part which is inserted in the handle; the continuation of the tang of a tool or instrument. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 388/1 The Shank [of a chisel]. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 261 Strong bayonets, with short firm shanks Protruded from their tubes. r. (a) The part of a harpoon between the ‘socket’ and the ‘mouth’. (b) The tapering part of an oar between the handle and the blade. (c) dialect. The handle of a broom, rake, spade, etc.: see Eng. Dial. Dict. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > oar > shaft of oar loom1697 shank1820 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > harpoon > parts of shank1820 stop-wither1820 fluec1860 (a) 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 223. (b)1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 30 The oar or scull [consists] of handle, loom, shank, and blade.1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 297/2 (Rowing) Oar... Its chief parts are—the blade, broad and thin, which is dipped in the water, the loom or shank, and the handle, which the oarsman grips. s. The stylet of a trocar. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > trocar > stylet of shank1846 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 393 The surgeon..then plunges in the trocart by a sharp quick blow... He instantly withdraws the shank, supporting with his left hand the canula. t. The fang of a tooth. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > root fang1667 tang1716 shank1851 1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions iii. §5. 245 The germ of the coronal portion of the tooth was first secreted and the entire crown completed before the formation of the shank or fang commenced. u. The narrow part of a boot or shoe which connects the sole with the heel; the waist. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > waist or shank shank1875 shank-piece1885 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shank-cutter, a machine or tool for cutting shanks for boots and shoes. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 830. v. That part of an axe-head which is between the edge and the back, which in some old forms is drawn out long and thin. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. w. A straight piece of metal tubing fitted to a brass instrument to lower its pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > parts of > other parts crook1842 shank1885 tuning-slide1885 mouth pipe1973 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > trumpet > parts of shank1885 1885 G. B. Shaw in Our Corner Nov. 313 Brass instruments have resources in shanks and tuning-slides for flattening. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 114/1 By the addition [to a horn or trumpet] of a crook (a curved additional length of tubing) or a shank (a straight additional length), the fundamental note could be altered. 1977 Early Music 5 221/2 Every hand horn that we found..had a C alto shank among the set of crooks. 6. A part or appendage by which something is attached. (Cf. 6c, ‘footstalk’.) a. That part of a ring which encircles the finger. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > part of collet1528 chaton1578 chaston1604 shank1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 91/1 (Jewellers' terms.) Shank, is that part as compasseth the Finger, the Ring part. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4691/4 A large enamelled Ring set like a Lozenge, with 18 Diamonds about the Stone and Shank. 1873 Catal. Loan Exhib. Anc. & Mod. Jewellery (South Kensington Museum) 72 Gold ring, the shank formed of leaves; in centre a transparent stone. 1928 Daily Express 18 June 5/2 The middle stone may be placed into a knife-edged shank with a ‘coronet’ setting, producing a solitaire ring. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 16/5 Mrs Tyson was fined a further £20 for stating orally..that a ring was solid gold when it had a hollow shank filled with wax. b. A lug, stud, or ear, projecting from an object, by which it is held, or which affords a bearing or point of attachment. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > by which it is held shank1678 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 28 This spring is..fixed at the bottom of the Main-plate, by two small shanks proceeding from that edge of the spring that lies against the Main-plate as at O O: These shanks are to be rivetted..on the other side of the Main-plate. c. (See quot. 1688.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > clapper > part of shank1688 flight1872 clapper-staya1884 clapper-bolt1901 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 462/1 The Shank [of the Clapper of a Bell], the length of it to the Ball. d. The wire loop by which some kinds of buttons are attached. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > shank shank1790 1790 H. Clay Patent in Repertory of Arts (1800) XII. 242 If a shank of metal is wanted or preferred,..the shank is to be put into or through a single piece or pieces of slate or slit stone,..leaving a metal stud, or other ornament, on the top of the button. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 86 [article Button-maker] To this plate is soldered the eye or ‘shank’ made of wire. 1904 A. Quiller-Couch Fort Amity xv. 180 She..began with her embroidery scissors to snip at the shanks of its breast-buttons. 7. In names of various tools and implements. †a. A bone pin for slating. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails roof nail1284 shingle-nail1303 spoon-nailc1310 tile-pin1338 lead-nail1355 spoon-brod1361 stone-brod1363 stone-nail1469 slate-pin1579 shank1716 slate-peg1875 slate-nail1880 1716 Ford (Northumbld.) Ch.-bks. (MS.) Paid for three pecks of shanks, from Newcastle, 3s. 8d. b. Founding. A clay-lined ladle having long handles, one of them T-shaped, in which to carry molten metal from the furnace to the mould. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels crossletc1386 testc1386 cruciblea1475 spoon1496 melting pot1545 cruset1558 fining pot1560 hooker1594 cupel1605 crusoile1613 crisol1622 melt pot1637 muffle1644 crevet1658 coffin1686 sand-pot1758 Hessian crucible1807 pan1839 shank1843 casting-pot1846 king pot1862 converter1867 washpot1879 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 369 A double hand-ladle, or a shank. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shank, a double hand-ladle, capable of holding 2 to 4 cwt. of melted metal, carried in foundries by from three to five men. c. plural. (See quot. 1850.) ΚΠ 1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1265 The lenses..are brought to the circular form with flat pliers called shanks, the jaws of which are made of soft iron that they may more readily..take a firm hold. d. A short rope or chain (spec. = †short for shank-painter n. at Compounds 2); ‘a tie-strap of a halter; the loose end of a rope or chain’ ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of headstallc1330 trench1480 stalk1497 musrol1551 head-strain?1561 water-chain?1561 throat band1585 cavesson1598 mullen1598 nose bit?a1600 front-stall1601 ampyx1607 chain1607 fillet1607 cheek-band1611 cheekpiece1611 noseband1611 throat thong1611 headpiece1678 throatlatch1693 headband1704 trenchefil1730 bridoon1744 banquet1753 head1756 cheek1795 throat strap1803 frontlet1805 throat-lash1805 cheekstrap1834 brow-band1844 nosepiece1865 shank1879 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shank, or shank-Painter, (in Sea-Affairs) a short Chain [etc.]. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Shank, a rope by which a horse is tied up in the stall. e. Fishing. (a) A line of pots attached to a rope, used to catch crabs, whelks, etc. (b) = shank-net n. at Compounds 2 (see sense Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > for shrimps trim-tram1590 shank-net1883 shank1962 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > for lobsters or crabs > line of shank1962 1962 Listener 28 June 1105/2 Not far short of 600 fathoms of rope go to one shank of pots (a shank holds thirty-six pots). 1971 Country Life 29 Apr. 1000 (caption) Fishermen shooting out their shank of pots. Between 24 and 70 pots are attached at intervals along the rope to form the shank. 1973 W. Elmer Terminol. Fishing ii. 72 Shanks are designed to be dragged in shallow waters. 8. Scottish and northern. ‘The projecting part of a hill, or the narrow ridge, which, like a stem, joins the mass to the level ground’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1894). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > projecting shank1602 spur1652 buttress1682 1602 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 485/2 The south schank of ane hill callit the peithill. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 201 I thought I heard a queer unearthly greet coming down the shank, and wizing ay nearer, and nearer to the byre door. 1887 Scotsman 19 Mar. The long ‘shanks’ and the abounding waterfalls. 9. dialect and U.S. The latter end or part of anything: the remainder or last part of a thing. Esp. in shank of the evening. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part eveningOE enda1200 eventide?c1225 finea1350 tail1377 latter (last) enda1382 issue1484 latter day?1498 waning1561 last days1572 heel1584 sunsetting1593 fall1596 lag-end1598 posterior1598 sunset1599 dotage1606 exit1615 stern1623 waning timea1639 last1683 heel piecea1764 shank1828 tail-end1845 tailpiece1869 tag1882 teatime1913 end-point1921 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment stobc1420 end1481 stump1516 fragment1531 stuba1533 remainder?1570 remain1572 fag1582 snub1590 remnant1597 butt1612 heeltap1776 hagsnar1796 tag-end1807 shank1828 nuba1834 nubbin1857 snar1892 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘The shank of the evening’, twilight. 1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 16 Dec. 418/2 ‘Won't you spend the balance of the evening with me?’ In some places, shank is quaintly used with the same signification. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 220 The shank of the day. 1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 722 Shank of the evening, the twilight or dusk of the evening, and in some cases the latter part of it. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xviii. 280 Miller made him knock off along in the shank of the evening. 1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin vii. 97 ‘It's very late.’ ‘Shank of the evening.’ 1973 Publishers Weekly 19 Nov. 56/2 The stuff that makes the antennae of music pros and music-lovers twitch during cultural quarrels in the shank of a Lincoln Center evening. 10. a. Some unidentified plant (quot. 1657). ΚΠ 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K8 Shanke herb. b. ‘A name applied to plants of the genus Bryonia’ (Worcester 1860 citing Johnson). 11. Golf. An act of striking the ball with the heel of the club. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 1927 Daily Express 26 Oct. 3/4 It is difficult to see how a ‘shank’ could be avoided. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 8 July 12/7 It should be stated here that a slice isn't a shank. 1960 Times 31 May 4/1 Miss Price had a shank at the 13th. Compounds C1. General attributive. shank-end n. ΚΠ 1837 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) 170 Nah, mo lads, we'n get'n tot shank end at year ageean. 1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 197/1 Put one [file] in a vice and knock the shank end off. C2. † shank-hook n. Obsolete a hook to secure the shank of an anchor when it is being drawn up to the ship's side. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > hook to secure shank to ship shank-hook1485 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 38 Catte hokes with tree..v, Shanke hokes..iij. shank-jelly n. (see quot. 1824). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > jelly > [noun] > meat jelly meat jelly1381 cow heel1655 calf's-foot jelly1775 aspic1789 shank-jelly1824 1824 New Syst. Cookery 372 Shank Jelly. Soak twelve shanks of mutton four hours... Pour three quarts of water to them [etc.]. 1898 C. H. Senn Culinary Encycl. 86 Shank Jelly. † shank-main n. Obsolete the pastern (of a horse). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > foot or spec. foot > pastern pasterna1450 shank-main1580 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Paturon de cheval, the shanke~maine of a horse. shank-net n. a trawl-net used in shrimping. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > for shrimps trim-tram1590 shank-net1883 shank1962 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 14 Shank Net or Shrimp Net, to be used from a Boat. shank-painter n. = painter n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > lashings, seizings, or securing ropes > securing anchor at ship's side painter1336 shank-painter1495 wing-stopper1794 cat-head stopper1830 ring-stopper1834 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 258 Shankpayntours feble..ij, Bowpayntours for destrelles feble..j, Shankpayntors for destrelles worne & feble..ij. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 31 The Shank-painter is a short chaine fastend vnder the fore masts shrouds with a bolt to the ships sides, and at the other end a rope to make fast the Anchor to the Bow. 1642 H. Bond Boate Swaines Art 17 4 Shank Panters of 3½ inches. 1 Shank Panter for the Streame Anchor 3 inches. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 37 To have Bolts for the Top-tackles, standing Parts of the Sheets, Shank-painter Chains. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Shank-Painter A short rope and chain which hangs the shank and flukes of an anchor up to the ship's side, as the stopper fastens the ring and stock to the cathead. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 57 The shank painter is then passed. shank-piece n. (see quot. 1885). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > waist or shank shank1875 shank-piece1885 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 280/1 The sole in a machine-made shoe would mean a sole, an inner sole, shank piece [etc.]. † shank-pillion n. Obsolete a pommel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle saddle-boweOE arsonc1300 saddle skirt1361 saddle-tree1364 skirtc1400 saddle panel1465 stock-tree1470 stock1497 pommela1500 tree1535 pillion cloth1540 port1548 saddle stock1548 pilch1552 bolster1591 cantle1591 shank-pilliona1599 pillowc1600 pad1604 crutch1607 sivet1607 saddle crutcha1614 saddle eaves1663 saddle tore1681 burr1688 head1688 narve1688 saddle seat1688 sidebar1688 torea1694 quarter1735 bands of a saddle1753 witherband1764 withers1764 peak1775 pillion-stick1784 boot-housing1792 saddle flap1798 saddle lap1803 fork1833 flap1849 horn1849 skirting1852 hunting-horn1854 head-plate1855 saddle horn1856 cantle bar1859 leaping-horn1859 straining1871 stirrup-bar1875 straining-leather1875 spring tree1877 leaping-head1881 officer-tree1894 monkey1911 monkey-strap1915 thigh roll1963 straining-web- a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 49 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The furniture of his horse,..his shanke pillion without stirruppes. Draft additions June 2017 Tennis. A mishit shot, typically one that comes off the frame of the racket. ΚΠ 1993 Washington Post 20 July e5/2 For the most part his shots hit the mark with elegant precision, although there were occasional wild shanks. 2012 straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com 7 June (O.E.D. Archive) More and more shanks are coming off the forehand..of Sam Stosur. 2016 W. Skidelsky Federer & Me 75 It may actually explain why Federer gets more ‘shanks’, or mishits, than other players. Draft additions September 2019 slang (originally U.S.). A makeshift knife, esp. one made by a prison inmate from a sharp object such as a razor or a piece of metal or broken glass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives bollock knifec1400 paring knife1415 spudc1440 pricking-knifec1500 shaving-knife1530–1 by-knifec1570 heading knife1574 stock knife1582 drawing knife1583 bung-knife1592 weeding knife1598 drawing knife1610 heading knife1615 draw knife1679 dressing knife1683 redishing knife1688 mocotaugan1716 skinning knife1767 paper knife1789 draw shave1824 leaf-cutter1828 piece-knife1833 nut-pick1851 relic knife1854 butch1859 straw-knife1862 sportsman's companion1863 ulu1864 skinner1872 hacker1875 over-shave1875 stripping-knife1875 Stanley knife1878 flat-back1888 gauge-knife1888 tine-knife1888 plough1899 band-knife1926 X-Acto1943 shank1953 box cutter1955 ratchet knife1966 ratchet1975 1953 W. Brown Monkey on my Back 98 He hated the police with such uncontrolled fury that he said, ‘Every time I see a nab I want to stick a shank in his back.’ 1970 Let. 24 Sept. in E. Pell et al. Maximum Security (1972) 161 Black people are kept in such a tight security watch that they are lucky to get a razor blade, not to think of four foot-long shanks. 2007 XXL Worldwide May 126/3 Still, a few hours in and you'll be carving up the competition faster than a shank through prison jumpers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). shankv. Brit. /ʃaŋk/, U.S. /ʃæŋk/ Etymology: < shank n. 1. dialect. a. intransitive. To walk, to travel on foot; also with const. away. Often to shank it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] treadc897 stepc900 goeOE gangOE walka1375 wanderc1380 foota1425 to take to footc1440 awalkc1540 trade1547 beat it on the hoof1570 pad1610 to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616 trample1624 to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683 ambulate1724 shank1773 stump it1803 pedestrianize1811 pedestrianate1845 tramp it1862 ankle1916 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 106 If baudrins slip but to the door..I fear, She'll no lang shank upon all four This time o'year. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 186 Them that canna ride, maun shank it. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick ii. 29 He was michty weel pleased to..shank awa hame to Lempockshaws. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 198 Let him shank it! We're in no hurry to have him home. b. transitive. To cause to walk off, to march (a person) off; reflexive to take oneself away. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (reflexive)] teec1275 remuea1375 avoida1400 avyec1440 trussa1450 remove1530 shank1816 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)] > suddenly or hurriedly pikea1470 shank1816 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xii. 308 Then shank yoursel awa' to the double folk, or single folk. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 146 Ye should baith be shankit aff till Edinburgh castle. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 55 He shankit the snab hame to cobble his shoon. 1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow iv. 47 And now shank yourself awa before I put hand till ye. 2. intransitive. Of a plant or fruit: To decay at the stem or footstalk; to be affected with shanking; usually to shank off. Also passive. Cf. shanking n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > be diseased, injured, or discoloured [verb (intransitive)] burn?1523 blast1580 slaya1642 smut1657 fire1693 mowburn1707 go1735 strike1742 curl1793 gum1794 sunburn1833 French1836 rust1839 shank1848 houseburn1850 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > compel to walk walk1578 to walk Spanish1838 to shank off1848 to march off1884 sashay1928 1848 Turner in Beck's Florist I. 24 Entire beds [of pansies] have been known to shank off during a very hot summer. 1863 Darwin in Jrnl. Proc. Linn. Soc.: Bot. 7 70 Only four capsules [of a Linum] shanked off. 1892 Garden Aug. 193/3 The first season..the Grapes shanked badly. figurative.1871 H. Macmillan True Vine v. 223 How often alas, is it true of the believer, that his fruit is shanked, remaining sour when it should become sweet and palatable! 3. a. transitive. Scottish. To sink (a shaft). Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > excavate or sink a shaft or tunnel drive1665 hole1708 to put down1778 shank1821 drift1849 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish vi. 64 Three new coal-heughs were shanked. b. intransitive. dialect. To knit stockings. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > manufacture textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > knit > specific items shank1825 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Shank,..to knit stockings. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 79 The auld wife's eident wheel gaes birr, The thrifty lasses shank wi' virr. c. transitive. In lens-making (see shanking n. 2). ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To shank for coals. 4. Golf. To strike (the ball) with the heel of the club. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke drive1743 draw1842 heel1857 hook1857 loft1857 founder1878 to top a ball1881 chip1889 duff1890 pull1890 slice1890 undercut1891 hack1893 toe1893 spoon1896 borrow1897 overdrive1900 trickle1902 bolt1909 niblick1909 socket1911 birdie1921 eagle1921 shank1925 explode1926 bird1930 three-putt1946 bogey1948 double-bogey1952 fade1953 1925 J. M. Barnes Guide Good Golf 109 To..strike the ball down on the heel of the club,..with the result that it flies out to the right... This is called socketing or shanking the shot. 1927 Daily Express 26 Oct. 3/4 Of all the awful things a man may do to a golf ball the most demoralising and the most mystifying is to ‘shank’ it. 1927 Daily Express 26 Oct. 3/4 I should describe the cause of ‘shanking’ as a failure to keep the left elbow close in to the body when the ball is being struck. 1928 Times 13 July 6/6 Mrs. Baker again shanked her run-up to the 17th. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 8 July 12/7 Try to shank one. That's about the best cure I know after thirty years of golf. 1976 Par Golf Aug. 39/2 He had shanked his second and bunkered his third. Draft additions June 2017 transitive. Tennis colloquial. To mishit (a shot), usually off the frame of the racket. ΚΠ 1978 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 19 Mar. 5 c Navratilova shanked a forehand halfway up the net. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Mar. (Late ed.) c6 He opted to wait for a bounce on a lob he could have ambushed in midair, and shanked the ball off his racquet handle. 2009 A. Agassi Open 369 I'm serving with a breeze at my back, and Federer is shanking balls. Draft additions September 2019 transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To stab (a person), esp. with a makeshift knife. Cf. shank n. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] poniard1593 dirk1599 dagger1694 shank1949 1949 H. Ellson Duke viii. Shanked, knifed. 1953 W. Brown Monkey on my Back 79 He said if the old man ever showed up here he'd shank him. 1971 J. Stanton in Swing Era 1941–2: Swing as Way of Life (book accompanying set of records) 28/1 Well, I couldn't shank him for that. But I sure gave him hell about those alligator shoes. 2003 M. Salzman True Notebooks vi. 57 You're gonna be boys surrounded by men. Hard men, who'd just as soon shank you as say hello. 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