(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.
Trotter
Definition:
(n.) One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.
(n.) The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have included pig’s trotters in our recipe to give the stew a gelatinous richness, and you can also throw in some ears for the same effect.
(2) The original headline on a news story in the Times obviously conveyed a little too much of the Del Trotters for some tastes.
(3) Two trotter stud farms were visited on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during 1972 and 1973.
(4) Andy Trotter, who leads on media policy for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), backed the section on whistleblowers .
(5) The next week, Emanuel outdid him, inviting more than 1,500 African-American women to a free lunch hosted by notables like former Obama social secretary Desirée Rogers and Rochelle Trotter, wife of late Chicago culinary legend Charlie Trotter.
(6) It was shot on location in Hollywood, with the real Jim Henson Studios standing in for the dilapidated Muppet Studios; Miss Piggy's costumes are all designer, as any star of her stature might expect, and include a pair of trotter-sized Louboutins.
(7) January 30, 2013 5.30pm GMT Trotter calls Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island... fat?
(8) One of the mutations was genetically mapped at a site in or near the acrA and mtc loci at approximately 10.5 min on the Taylor and Trotter map (1972).
(9) • This article was amended on 23 December 2012 to clarify a reference to remarks made by Andy Trotter in a previous Guardian article.
(10) Trotter's syndrome is a clinical triad of unilateral deafness, neuralgia affecting branches of the trigeminal nerve, and defective mobility of the soft palate, which is caused by malignant tumors involving the lateral pharyngeal recess (Rosenmüller's fossa).
(11) Trotter said there may be limited circumstances when police would need to name under arrest.
(12) There is nearly complete assortative mating for gait; however, about 20% of the offspring sired by trotters are registered as pacers, while fewer than 1% of those sired by pacers are registered as trotters.
(13) We have measured plasma alanine and urea concentrations in well-trained Standardbred and Finnish-bred (cold-blooded) trotters after a graded-intensity exercise and during recovery to study metabolic responses to exercise in this animal model.
(14) September 20, 2015 James Lyons (@STJamesl) Whoever squealed on Dave must be a real trotter #imHereAllWeek September 20, 2015 Some Twitter users dug up unfortunate pictures.
(15) Andy Trotter, the former Association of Chief Police Officers’ spokesman on media matters, has said: “There is a case for saying we should look at a different standard of authorisation and that may well come out of the reviews that are being undertaken now.” But speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Trotter defended the decision by police to secretly obtain the phone records of journalists investigating the Plebgate and Chris Huhne speeding points cases saying there were sometimes “higher needs for justice” than protecting confidential journalists’ sources.
(16) They were also significantly lower than those of the Trotter mares during the last 4 weeks of gestation.
(17) Needing to win at Nottingham Forest and for Bolton not to beat Blackpool, Leicester’s 90th-minute strike at the City Ground and the Trotters’ 2-2 draw allowed them to scrape into sixth.
(18) In connection to one personal case, the authors analyze Trotter's Median Labiomandibular Glossotomy.
(19) A study was carried out to attempt to explain the basis of the association between the Es locus and starting proportion in Swedish Trotters which had been observed previously.
(20) The extent of genetic difference between Standardbred trotters and pacers was as great as or greater than that seen between some distinct horse breeds.