anklebones

The sheep and goat remains consist almost exclusively of hind limb elements (pelves, femora, tibiae, and anklebones).

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Subsistence Studies Report 3 2003

The legs bend frontwards, in the direction of actual progression, and frontwards also lies that part of the foot which is the most effective of motion, and the flexure of that part; but the heel lies at the back, and the anklebones lie laterally, earwise.

The History of Animals 2002

When he tried to stomp my face I seized his foot in midair with both hands, twisted viciously, and felt a satisfying crackle of anklebones.

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

Dimly lit by a pair of raw forty-watt bulbs that dangled from the stucco ceiling like polished anklebones on strings, the space smelled of motor oil, solvent, sour metals, musky rubber, and burnt gunk.

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

Dimly lit by a pair of raw forty-watt bulbs that dangled from the stucco ceiling like polished anklebones on strings, the space smelled of motor oil, solvent, sour metals, musky rubber, and burnt gunk.

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

In the Pali tradition and in some Tibetan variants, this sign is that his anklebones do not stand out.

The Thirty-two Excellent Signs (Major Marks) of a Buddha's Enlightening Body 1979

On these occasions Ellen was physically afraid, for she could not overcome a fancy that the anklebones which projected in geological-looking knobs on each side of Miss Coates's large flat brogues were a natural offensive weapon like the spurs of a cock; and she was afraid also in her soul.

The Judge Rebecca West 1937

Soon, however, these also fade away, and the unhappy youth rushes frantically home on the stumps of his anklebones -- at least so it appears to him, and so in reality it would turn out to be if he did not speedily rub the benumbed appendages into vitality again.

The Young Fur Traders 1859

Straight after dinner we played two games with cows anklebones.

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The first thing the therapist commented on at the beginning of this morning’s session was the fact that she could definable anklebones and calf muscles.

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