Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - shank
Shank
shank
n. 1 a the leg. b the lower part of the leg; the leg from knee to ankle. c the shin-bone. 2 the lower part of an animal's foreleg, esp. as a cut of meat. 3 a shaft or stem. 4 a the long narrow part of a tool etc. joining the handle to the working end. b the stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc. c the straight part of a nail or fish-hook. 5 the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe. Phrases and idioms shanks's mare (or pony) one's own legs as a means of conveyance. Derivatives shanked adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE sceanca f. WG
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English scanca; akin to Old Norse skakkr crooked, Greek skazein to limp Date: before 12th century 1. the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in various other vertebrates, leg, a cut of beef, veal, mutton, or lamb from the upper or the lower part of the leg ; shin, a straight narrow usually essential part of an object: as, the straight part of a nail or pin, a straight part of a plant ; stem, stalk, the part of an anchor between the ring and the crown, the part of a fishhook between the eye and the bend, the part of a key between the handle and the bit, the stem of a tobacco pipe or the part between the stem and the bowl, tang 1, h. the narrow part of the sole of a shoe beneath the instep, ~piece, a part of an object by which it can be attached: as, a. a projection on the back of a solid button, a short stem of thread that holds a sewn button away from the cloth, the end (as of a drill bit) that is gripped in a chuck, 4. the latter part of a period of time, the early or main part of a period of time , an often homemade knife, ~ed adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1927 to hit (a golf ball or shot) with the extreme heel of the club so that the ball goes off in an unintended direction ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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