shank (n.) Old form(s): shanke
leg
AYL II.vii.162[Jaques to all, of the pantaloon] His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank
Cym V.iv.9[Posthumus alone] My conscience, thou art fettered / More than my shanks and wrists
KL II.ii.35[disguised Kent to Oswald] I'll so carbonado your shanks
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