List of synonyms from "shaking" to synonyms from "shaped"


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Definition of the day : « shank »

  • noun shaft
Example sentences :
  • He struck the rivet such a blow that he snapped one shank of his spur short off.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • This plate is soldered to the shank of the screw-eye and the cleat is complete.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • He's in the shank of his honeymoon as we stands chattin' yere.'
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • He's had just about time to make the trip on Shank's mare by takin' short cuts.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • Next to the blade on the end of which is the cutting edge, is the shank, Fig. 65.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • The place where the arms are joined to the shank, and unite at the throat.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Also, the iron ring to which the cable is bent to the anchor in the summit of the shank.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • It is not that, but the shank of his horse, broken above the pastern joint!
  • Extract from : « Gaspar the Gaucho » by Mayne Reid
  • “Glad to see you, little girl,” said Mr Shank, as he led the way into his room.
  • Extract from : « Ned Garth » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • I touched it; and the head, with about a quarter of an inch of the shank, came off in my fingers.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe