- scanca
- m (-n/-n) 1. a shank, shin, the leg from the knee to the foot; 2. the upper part of the leg (= þéohscanca); [shank, shin, leg; ham?]
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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 the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shank 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shanks — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English shanke, from Old English scanca; akin to Old Norse skakkr crooked, Greek skazein to limp Date: before 12th century 1. a. the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
skink — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch schenken; akin to Old English scencan to pour out drink and probably to scanca shank Date: 15th century chiefly dialect to draw, pour out, or serve (drink) II. noun Etymology: Latin… … New Collegiate Dictionary
bán — n ( es/ ) 1. bone; [a leg is a scanca]; 1a. of other hard material; séo ecg gewác on báne (the hide of the firedrake); 2. a bone, tusk; 2a. the bone of a limb, a leg, or arm n ( es/ ) bone, tusk; the bone of a limb … Old to modern English dictionary
shank — [ʃæŋk] n [: Old English; Origin: scanca] 1.) a straight narrow part of a tool or object that connects the two ends ▪ a hammer shank 2.) [U and C] a piece of meat cut from the leg of an animal ▪ lamb shanks 3.) [C usually plural] the part of an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
skate — {{11}}skate (1) type of flat, cartilaginous fish, mid 14c., from O.N. skata, of unknown origin. {{12}}skate (2) ice skate or roller skate, 1660s, skeates ice skates (the custom was brought to England after the Restoration by exiled followers of… … Etymology dictionary
shank — sb. == legs. HD. 1903. AS. scanca … Oldest English Words
