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I dreamed about lamb shanks, even though I'm not really sure what a lamb shank is.
It just goes to show that for all the Falstaffian wassail, there's nothing quite like a gory shank from nave to chaps to get the punters in.
Then run the round part of your hammer handle or screwdriver shank tightly up the joint to seal any gap that may be left.
This small corkscrew has a green-stained ivory handle and a silver shank with beaded and writhen fluted decoration.
But then there's goat-cheese pasta in red sabayon that's as gratifying as the lush braised lamb shank and lean slices of loin it accompanies.
The tang, or shank, that went into the solid handle was notched and recessed on each side.
The throat of the sail is lashed with a 4 mm lacing line to the shank of the bolt behind the gaff jaw.
Etched inside the shank and barely visible is the jeweller's mark, a delicate snowflake.
A universal needle can be used in all household sewing machines that accept a flat shank.
Kristin Collins stood directly in front of the handsome racehorse, facing him, yanking on his lead shank with all her might.
Braised lamb shank in black pepper is curiously flat, as if the meat's natural flavor has been neutered.
Someone is being stingy with the spices for the lamb shank, and veal Milanese seems like an interloper from another menu.
Preheat oven to 375 F. Cook the shank covered for approximately 3 hours until fork tender.
Edmund Schade patented, on 6 May 1924, a different arrangement for securing the handle to the shank.
They are characterized by a rectangular-shaped crossbar that is wider and thicker than the shank or vertical element.
Odum cancelled his scheduled demonstration after the steel shank of the propeller bent during an engine test.
The other patent, by J P. Curtiss, was for an improvement in screwdrivers by securing the shank in a solid handle.
Then drill these holes on the band and joists, again using a drill bit one size smaller than the shank of the lag screw.
A pilot hole is a hole drilled with a bit that is slightly thinner than the shank of the nail.
It was necessary to drill holes to pass the bolt shank very precisely in order to be able to easily pass through all the sections.
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Or perhaps they lack that tranquil courage upon which Miss Guiney relies to avert the canine tooth from her own inedible shank.
This plate is soldered to the shank of the screw-eye and the cleat is complete.
The forequarters of beef contain the chuck, the shoulder, clod, neck and shank.
The dye was made by digging up red shank and wild indigo roots which were boiled.
It is not that, but the shank of his horse, broken above the pastern joint!
A common method is to clamp a dog to the reamer shank, and then place the tool-rest beneath it to prevent rotation.
The shank of the spur is the bridge and road, the rowel the church and rectory.
He struck the rivet such a blow that he snapped one shank of his spur short off.
Then the fly comes limply home and nothing remains of the sproat hook but the shank.
The shank and tang are now heated, and a proper form given to them by means of a die and swage.
The invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.
A twist drill is made with a slight taper toward the shank end.
A milling machine cutter that is provided with a shank or stem.
The rest of the shank was in the gimlet-hole where it had been broken off.
The new-look Falcon retains many of its hearty favourites but has added some new 'classics' like roast monkfish, lamb shank jardaloo and pork and aspall cyder stew.
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