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shanking, vbl. n.|ˈʃæŋkɪŋ|
[f. shank v. + -ing1.]
1. (See quot. 1846. Cf. shank v. 2.)
1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 462 That shanking (shrivelling) may not be induced in the berries. 1846G. W. Johnson Dict. Mod. Gard. 593 Shanking is the technical term for a gangrene which attacks the footstalks of grapes and the stems of cabbages which have vegetated through the winter.
2. The action or process of using the pliers called shanks: see shank n. 7 c.
1850[see nibbling vbl. n. 2].
3. The process of making tobacco-pipe-shanks. In quots. attrib.
1688Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 271/2 A Shanking or smoothing board..is that on which their clay is rolled to the length of their shankes. Ibid. 272/1 A Shanking Wyer..is onely a plaine smooth wyer, by which the hole is made through the pipe Shank. Ibid., A Pen knife, or a Shanking knife. Ibid., The third is a Shanking toole.
4. Golf. The action of striking (the ball) with the heel of the club.
1924C. J. H. Tolley Mod. Golfer 247 Shanking is a fault which is frequently occurring. 1942Sun (Baltimore) 8 July 12/6 Shanking, in golf, is hitting the ball deep in the heel of the club, thereby causing the ball to fly away at a right angle. 1976Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 34/2 Norman..had a comparatively poor season last year..(mainly due to a bout of shanking which he is convinced has cleared). |