What's the difference between barrel and shank?

Barrel


Definition:

  • (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
  • (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
  • (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
  • (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
  • (n.) A jar.
  • (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
  • (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But soon after aid workers departed, barrel bombs dropped by Syrian helicopters caused renewed destruction.
  • (2) The C-terminal sequence contains an amphiphilic alpha-helix of four turns which lies on the surface of the beta-barrel.
  • (3) Two long loops extend from the beta-barrel and have numerous interactions with the other two domains.
  • (4) The pieces include a barrel-shaped diamond worth at least $5m (£3.3m) and a Cartier diamond tiara estimated to be worth more than $100,000.
  • (5) Cholinergic muscarinic receptor binding and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) histochemistry were studied in the barrel cortex of adult, vibrissae deprived and vibrissae denervated mice.
  • (6) We have an operation an hour away on the border and the barrel bombs cause horrific injuries.” Islamic Relief and MSF said the health system in Syria is decimated and the need for reconstructive surgery and burns treatment is enormous.
  • (7) These include a redistribution of the neurons that originally were in barrel sides; a reduction in the neuropil between the neurons that originally were within hollows; and differential growth of layer IV dendrites.
  • (8) In the context of a simplified diamond lattice model of a six-member, Greek key beta-barrel protein that is closely related in topology to plastocyanin, the nature of the folding and unfolding pathways have been investigated using dynamic Monte Carlo techniques.
  • (9) In layer IV high NMDA receptor densities were specifically confined to the barrel hollows.
  • (10) The oil price tumbled by as much as $3.25 a barrel on Tuesday after the world's biggest commodity trader called the top of the market for crude and a range of other commodities – at least for the time being.
  • (11) Adult hosts underwent unilateral transection of the infraorbital nerve and two days later the contralateral barrel field cortex was lesioned enough to insert an embryonic neocortical graft.
  • (12) Interestingly, the helical motif prefers to assemble parallel to the wall, whereas the beta-barrel, predominantly assembles with its principal axis perpendicular to the wall.
  • (13) "A typical day in London would be: wake up hungover, try to get some breakfast in you," he says, barrelling along green-tunnelled country lanes through – as he puts it in Jerusalem – the "wild garlic and May blossom" that mean winter is over.
  • (14) Although less than the targeted 600,000 barrels, it was the largest ever contribution to production cuts by non-Opec members and was the first such agreement between Opec and non-Opec members for 15 years.
  • (15) Bleak jokes and cartoons have been circulating for weeks in the anti-Assad camp on the theme of barrel bombs serving as ballot boxes.
  • (16) Studies were performed on the correlation between the hypothalamic temperature-sensitive neurons and hypothalamic neurons sensitive to LHRH, TRH, conjugated estrogen and clomiphene in 103 castrated matured female rats by the technique of microiontophoresis using a multi-barrel glass microelectrode.
  • (17) When Matt Slater went swimming with his dog Mango in a Cornish estuary this month, he bumped into a barrel jellyfish.
  • (18) Read more on Scottish independence • ' I believe in solidarity with the folk living south of Carlisle ' • ' The UK is on shifting sands – we can't assume survival ' • ' Better Together is truly scraping the barrel now ' The fact is that far from fearing the breakup of the UK, the English are looking at the benefits that devolution has brought the Scots and asking why they are not able to enjoy the same.
  • (19) Brent crude surged by $1.05, or 1%, to $124.65 a barrel on Friday, while US crude jumped by 98 cents to $111.90, its highest level since September 2008.
  • (20) Impalement of identified principal cells from the serosal side with single-barrelled conventional or double-barrelled Cl(-)-sensitive microelectrodes was performed at x500 magnification.

Shank


Definition:

  • (n.) See Chank.
  • (v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
  • (v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.
  • (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
  • (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
  • (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
  • (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.
  • (v.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
  • (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
  • (v.) The body of a type.
  • (v.) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
  • (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.
  • (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
  • (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Retroreflective markers were placed on the posterior shank and foot of each subject.
  • (2) Similar results were obtained using either cold or labeled interferons in rabbits; moreover, the effect of albumin was confirmed in the pig by simultaneously injecting 131I-interferon (in saline) and 125I-interferon (in albumin solution) in the left and right subcutis of the shanks, respectively.
  • (3) Semiconductor strain gauges mounted on the shanks of a custom machined eye forceps and an ultrasonic method of making continuous duction measurements of the eye have proved feasible.
  • (4) Method features are the following: i) hard drying of the glass, ii) rehydration of one channel and weak wetting of the other with a three-methylchlorosilane solution before pulling, iii) simultaneous presence of water and silane in the two channels during pulling, iv) gradual silanization from the tip to the shank.
  • (5) The stainless steel shank is a cathodic component of a three-way galvanic cell, whereas the silver soldered joint is an anodic component.
  • (6) It incants the motto of the Bill Shankly school of cliche: that football is not a matter of life and death, it is far more important.
  • (7) Shank length, body weight, fertility, sexual maturity and egg weight were intermediate.
  • (8) Pigmentation levels were significantly higher in plasma and skin of roxarsone medicated chickens in two experiments and in shanks in one experiment.
  • (9) Controlled rigidity is provided by the incorporation of a spring steel shank between the sponge insole and the hard wearing plastic sole.
  • (10) It really accentuates the inherent slapstick in every Steven Gerrard shank, and every Joachim Löw tantrum.
  • (11) Both the Sultan and Cochin breeds were shown to possess two shank-feathering loci, and the data suggested that one of the loci in the Sultan contained the Pti-1L allele.
  • (12) The Spirit of Shankly and Spion Kop 1906 believe that given the fact there has been this reconsideration by the owners, it is only fair and appropriate that we reconsider our next steps until the full impact of these changes can be established.
  • (13) Weight gain and shank length at 28 days were less for males started on 15% protein in both experiments.
  • (14) Hens were sampled according to shank coloration (Grades 1 to 3) and egg production was monitored.
  • (15) However, shank motoneurons did not innervate the thigh when motor nerve transection was combined with amputation of the hindlimb just above the presumptive knee.
  • (16) Shanks’ comments are likely to stoke further fears about the fate of the UK car market in the wake of Brexit.
  • (17) Nickel deprivation resulted in: ultrastructural changes in the liver with the most obvious abnormality in the organization of the rough endoplasmic reticulum; altered gross appearance, reduced oxidative ability, and decreased lipid phosphorus in the liver; altered shank skin pigmentation that was associated with a decrease in yellow lipochrome pigments; and lower hematocrits.
  • (18) The porco bafassá (pork shank marinated for 12 hours in wine, saffron and coconut milk, £6.50) is a house favourite, as is the caldo de pé de galinha com amendoim (chicken foot and peanut soup, £2).
  • (19) 4.33am BST 64 mins: Altidore throws his head back in frustration as Bradley nudges a ball to him on the edge of the box, and the Sunderland striker spins, but misjudges the bounce of the ball so that his kick shanks high over the bar.
  • (20) Experimental below-knee prostheses incorporating suitably designed plastic shanks and alignment devices can withstand high static loads and exhibit long fatigue lifetimes in excess of 2 million cycles.