On one side of the yew stood a framework of worm-eaten timber, the use and meaning of which puzzled me exceedingly, till I made it out to be the village-stocks: a public institution that, in its day, had doubtless hampered many a pair of shank-bones, now crumbling in the adjacent church-yard.

While he was thus busied, Mark was looking to the stopper and shank-painter of the sheet-anchor, which had been got ready to let go, before Captain Crutchely was lost.

R111526, 1May53, The Singer Manufacturing Co. (PWH) Singer machine 58-15 for sewing regular or fancy shank buttons on shoes, etc., by Archibald Tregaskis.

The iron of the harpoon being very soft, the shank bends under the strain of the line, leaving the staff close to the animal's body.

A milt (either of a bullock or sheep), the shank-end of mutton that has already been dressed, and the necks and feet of poultry, may all be advantageously used for gravy, where much is not required.

It's not enough to please your boss Or fawn round folks with bankrolls; Be just as friendly to the guys Whose homespun round their shank rolls.