The hammer shank is raised by the jack B pressing upon a knob, N, called the notch, attached to the under side of the shank.
Why does a tube closed at one end, such as the shank of a key, emit a note when we blow across the open end?
Shank was told that he was making her too flat-bottomed, and that she would upset.
Shank had built across the river from the fort, was finished and rigged; she carried sixteen guns, and was declared ready for service.
When the leg is reached, cut through the knee joint, and then clear the flesh from the shank as far as can be done, afterwards washing the bone slightly with arsenical soap, winding a thin slip of cotton round it, and returning it to the skin.
The shank or wing-bone of a crane, a stork, or albatross, may be used as a tube in the same manner.
Of the material of the shank there can be but one opinion.
The shank bone of any small animal is easily converted into a chucknuck tube.
London has its night life, but it ends early--in the very shank of the evening, so to speak.
The small t is always crossed by a bar thick at the beginning, tapering to a point, with its longest part behind the shank of the t [and so on].
A final is the finishing stroke not carried beyond the shank in capitals, and in a few smalls like y, g, z.
Apply the same tests as in examining small a, noting whether the shank is barred or looped.
The shank may be barred or looped, wholly or in part, especially when used as an initial.
Note the spur, its length, how far up the shankit meets it; whether the shank is barred or looped; the character of the loop.
After noting whether the shank is spurred as an initial, special attention must be devoted to the dot.
Then its relative position to theshank tells much.
Note how it is joined to the shank--whether it starts from the line or high up; whether the shoulder is rounded or angular, whether the foot touches the line or remains above it; whether the shank is looped or barred.
The shank of a letter is the principal long downstroke that forms the backbone.
This shield can be made from a small piece of metal tubing, broached out to fit loosely over the shank and point of the drill.
In the latter case, where the shield is used, the shield, on striking the wax, will run up the shank of the drill, allowing the point to pierce the wax.
Draw the shank and also the point as shown on the board.
Then the shank can be run in with the band saw when the block is knocked off.
He must carefully lower his hand until it is down level at theshank end.
Then proceed to cut the wreath with the band saw, beginning at the circular part, and work it to the shank inside and outside.
When the shank is too long, it is always better to nail the bed block on top of the wreath, and cut it upside down, thus getting the curve portion near the table.
To make the bed blocks, procure a piece of one inch stuff; take it to the width shown at B C; square on a mark about 3 inches from the end (this is to allow for the shank to clear the saw table; the block is shown at Fig.
Bracelets of thick and occasionally twisted wire, found as early as the twelfth dynasty, usually have the ends beaten out into a thin wire, which is lapped round the oppositeshank so as to slip easily over the wrist.
However, if much drilling is done, then round shank twist drills to fit the drill chuck will work better.
Round shank for the post drill and square taper shank for brace work.
Either one may be fitted with a long shank to reach above ground when pipes are laid deep to prevent freezing.
The shank of the hoe must be held firmly in the vise and there should be a solid block of wood under the blade of the hoe, a little back from the edge; to keep the file from chattering.
Some sizes of steel may be tempered too hard at first and the temper immediately drawn by permitting the heat of the shank to follow down almost to the edge, then dip.
They are fitted by carefully turning them onto the file shankto take the right taper.
It is better to dip slowly, sometimes holding the point, or cutting edge, in the water while permitting the shank to cool slowly enough to remain soft.
To set a lag screw in hardwood, bore a hole the size of the screw shank as calipered between the threads.
The home made handle is welded onto theshank of a ship auger.
A vegetable ivory button with a shank was developed, although no such ivory button had been known before, and the Government's insignia was stamped on this button.
Next, machines cut off the worn portions of the old heels, after which the shoes went to the stripping bench, where the old soles were removed and the shank pieces skived to prepare a smooth joint for the new half sole.
Tie the Reef, Bowline, Clove-hitch and Sheep-shank knots according to instructions given in Handbook, and tell use of each.
If it is necessary to shorten a rope when neither end is held fast, make the Sheep-shank and pass each end through the bight nearest to it.
Sheep-Shank] The purpose of a Sheep-shank is to take up slack or shorten a rope temporarily.
The hocks may be straighter than even in a Foxhound, as, in pulling up sharp on his point, he in a great measure throws his weight on them; the shank bones below the hock should be short.
There ain't no pleasure gettin' killed in the mere shank of a bright and prosperous life .
I hear that this Kid Wolf makes it his business to right wrongs," Shank sneered.
Henry Shank and Gil Garvey, shaken at The Kid's marksmanship, drew in their horses, unwilling to press closer.
But this was of blood; and Vikram, as he drew near saw that he was playing upon a human skull with two shank bones, making music for the horrid revelry.
I dare swear the lad has a bonny broom-shank in his hand by this time, and is scrubbing the kennels in quest after rusty nails, to help him to begin his pack again.
Add the meat sliced from a hock or shank of ham, a quarter of a pound of butter, two large onions sliced, a bunch of sweet herbs, and a head of celery cut small.
To prepare a leg of mutton for boiling, wash it clean, cut a small piece off the shank bone, and trim the knuckle.
This transmitter does not make use of a mica washer or diaphragm, but employs a felt washer which surrounds the shank of the rear electrode and serves to close and seal the carbon containing cup.
This results in the close electrical contact between the sleeve conductor of the cord and the inner metal surface of the shank of the plug.
The front electrode, on the other hand, is fastened to the center of the diaphragm by means of a shank on the stud, which passes through a hole in the diaphragm and is clamped thereto by two small nuts.
A nut 7, engaging the end of a screw-threaded shank from the back of the rear electrode, serves to bind these two parts together securely, clamping the mica washer between them.
The shank or handle should, therefore, be held lightly like a pen, by which means the operator will possess much more feeling with his instrument, than if he grasped it with his whole hand.
The shank of one blade has a semicircular indentation, which at the moment of locking fits into a fixed pivot in the other: this, therefore, combines the advantages of the French and English locks.
The handles of the English forceps are pieces of wood or ivory fixed upon each shank below the lock, flat upon the inside, convex externally and furnished with a depression or groove at the lower end for fixing a ligature round them.
The lock of the modern English forceps consists of two deep grooves, into which the shank of each blade mutually fits, so that the two blades are fixed upon each other merely by the pressure exerted upon the handles.
When disposed to leap, these insects bend their hind leg so as to bring the shank into close contact with the thigh--which has often a longitudinal furrow armed with a row of spines on each side to receive it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shank" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
