shankingn.
/ˈʃaŋkɪŋ/ 1. (See quot. 1846. Cf. shank v. 2.)
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > disease or decay
tabes1831
shanking1842
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 462 That shanking (shrivelling) may not be induced in the berries.
1846 G. W. Johnson Dict. Mod. Gardening 593 Shanking is the technical term for a gangrene which attacks the footstalks of grapes and the stems of cabbages which have vegetated through the winter.
2. The action or process of using the pliers called shanks: see shank n. 7c.
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1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1265 The process which is called shanking or nibbling is continued until the glasses are made circular.
3. The process of making tobacco-pipe-shanks. In quots. attributive.
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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 > process of making
shanking1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 271/2 A Shanking or smoothing board..is that on which their clay is rolled to the length of their shankes.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 272/1 A Shanking Wyer..is onely a plaine smooth wyer, by which the hole is made through the pipe Shank.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 272/1 A Pen knife, or a Shanking knife.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 272/1 The third is a Shanking toole.
4. Golf. The action 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 play
putting1690
short game1858
approach1879
iron play1879
pitch1889
duffing1890
hook1890
loft1890
lofting1895
slicing1899
bunkering1909
socketing1911
shanking1924
foozling1927
Stableford1937
shotmaking1969
1924 C. J. H. Tolley Mod. Golfer 247 Shanking is a fault which is frequently occurring.
1942 Sun (Baltimore) 8 July 12/6 Shanking, in golf, is hitting the ball deep in the heel of the club, thereby causing the ball to fly away at a right angle.
1976 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 34/2 Norman..had a comparatively poor season last year..(mainly due to a bout of shanking which he is convinced has cleared).
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slang (originally U.S.). The action or an act of stabbing a person, esp. with a makeshift knife. Cf. shank n. Additions, shank v. Additions.
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1964 K. Hanson Rebels in Streets i. 13 Cops come lookin' for a bunch of juvenile delinquents for a shanking (stabbing), they ain' gonna pay attention to no clean lookin' yout's mindin' their own business.
1978 W. R. Campbell Dead Man Walking x. 197 Maybe the shanking of Nickerson had nothing to do with riots or racial tension.
2005 P. Lee Pardoned xviii. 108 You see, M.S. was a quiet place. In the seven or so months I spent there, I can hardly remember a shanking or even lockdowns for that matter.
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