They were rudely but cleverly carved, with eyes outlined in ink, and supplied under the breast with a neat inward-cut shank.

and I think they might be a little longer in the shank.

The shank-bones of mutton, so little esteemed in general, give richness to soups or gravies, if well soaked and brushed before they are added to the boiling.

Roast-beef bones, or shank-bones of ham, make excellent stock for pea-soup.

liquor in which a joint of meat has been boiled, say 4 quarts; trimmings of fresh meat or poultry, shank-bones, &c., roast-beef bones, any pieces the larder may furnish; vegetables, spices, and the same seasoning as in the foregoing recipe.

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.

When done, pour in at the top, by means of the hole in the middle of the crust, a little good gravy, which may be made of the breast- and leg-bones of the rabbit and 2 or 3 shank-bones, flavoured with onion, herbs, and spices.

Two dozen shank-bones of mutton, boiled for 6 or 7 hours, yield a quart of strong firm stock.

Time.7 to 8 hours to boil the cow-heels, 6 to 7 hours to boil the shank-bones.

If you must know, it was only last night that the ghost of Jezebel and I danced a fandango together in the graveyard up yonder, while the Devil himself sat cross-legged on old Daniel Root's tombstone and blew on a dry, dusty shank-bone by way of a flute.

But in this case, the knee-cap appears to have been left attached to the shank.

Anatomically speaking, the knee-cap appertains to the thigh rather than to the shank.

It is a sesamoid bone belonging to the thigh muscles; yet in this case it has been left attached, apparently, to the shank.

handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker.

Mr. Shank, of Paisley, has lately introduced a form of steam gauge like a thermometer, with a flattened bulb; and the pressure of the steam, by compressing the bulb, causes the mercury to rise to a point proportional to the pressure applied.

I sat on a board in the back of the covered cart, only too glad for any sort of locomotion which was not "shank's mare.

Cracks, or their starting-points, may also be caused by using too wide a shoe, or by the use of nails too large in the shank.

eh, sirs!" cried I, "whatna gaits' that to steer a bodie, wad ye harry a puir chiel o' a' his warldly gear, shame till ye, shame till ye, shank yoursell's awa.

Shank yoursell's awatake yourselves off.

Why a fellow with his arms rigged athwart ship, and his legs stepped like those of all other Christians, to be sure: but, now you speak of it, I remember that he had a bit of a sheep-shank in one of his legs, and rolled a good deal as he went ahead.

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.

Then he was seen on the taffrail of the felucca, with a spare shank-painter, which had been lying on the forecastle, on his shoulder.

Then he passed down to the cable himself, directing his companions to hand him the rope-end of the shank-painter, which he fastened to the cable by a jamming hitch.

As a matter of course, while the cable was paid out, the portion to which the lanyard or rope part of the shank-painter was fastened dropped into the water, while the felucca rode by the chain.