Shin-bone

  • 61Shank painter — Shank Shank, n. [OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. [root]161. Cf. {Skink}, v.] 1. The part of the leg from… …

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  • 62shanks — Shank Shank, n. [OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. [root]161. Cf. {Skink}, v.] 1. The part of the leg from… …

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  • 63To ride shank's mare — Shank Shank, n. [OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. [root]161. Cf. {Skink}, v.] 1. The part of the leg from… …

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  • 65Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …

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  • 66Shinbone — The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically known as the tibia. Tibia is a Latin word meaning both shinbone and flute. It is thought that tibia refers to both the bone and the… …

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  • 67Trench fever — A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the fronts in Europe. Trench fever was again a major problem in the military… …

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  • 68shinbone — noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tibia, ↑shin bone, ↑shin • Derivationally related forms: ↑tibial (for: ↑tibia) …

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  • 69cak — Hitting your shin on something hard and usually blunt, so it makes the shin bone, which is close to the skin on the front of your shin, hurt like bejesus. From mountain biking, where the most usual blunt instrument for cakking is a pedal.… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 70cak — Hitting your shin on something hard and usually blunt, so it makes the shin bone, which is close to the skin on the front of your shin, hurt like bejesus. From mountain biking, where the most usual blunt instrument for cakking is a pedal.… …

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