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Chief Shakes is a distinguished Tlingit leadership title passed down through generations among groups of native people from Northwestern North America.
Shakes may refer to:
- "The shakes" or delirium tremens
- Shakes (timber) cracks in timber
- Chief Shakes (nineteenth century), leader of the Naanya.aayí
- Ricky Shakes (born 1985), football player
- Shakes the Clown, a 1992 film
- Get Shakes, a British dance band
- South African slang for milkshake
- "The Shakes", a song by Priestess from the album Hello Master
- Unit of time, usually "two shakes" e.g. I'll return from the store in two shakes"
Shakes are cracks in timber. Arising in cut timber the generally cause a reduction in strength. When found in a log they can result in a significant amount of waste, when a log is converted to lumber. Apart from heart shakes, often found in trees felled past their best, shakes in a log have no effect on the strength of shake free lumber obtained therefrom.
They are often seen in oak-framed buildings, which are constructed of green oak which cracks while drying. Due to the immense strength of the oak beams, they are not a cause for concern in a properly engineered building, and are considered part of the charm of the style.
Usage examples of "shakes".
By light that came through a glass-paneled inner door, Shakes could read the names upon the wall beside an apartment phone.
After he had splintered the edge of the door Shakes managed to pry the latch.
Then, as he saw Shakes still stand his ground, Neville made a furious spring, raising his left hand as a guard as he drew his right back for a powerful swing.
Springing across the dead body of Jerome Neville, Shakes reached the inner room.
Striding to the head of the stairs, Shakes Niefan raised his right hand and fired his revolver toward the floor below.
Hurrying to the flight that led to the first floor, Shakes fired another shot.
On the sidewalk, Shakes whirled as he heard the sound of a police whistle.
These paper bits, scattering in the wake of the speeding sedan, were the destroyed portions of the documents which Shakes Niefan had carried from the apartment of Jerome Neville.
On this evening, twenty-four hours after his murderous stroke, Shakes Niefan was faring forth on new work of crime.
Grotesquely shaped in the glimmer of the street lamps, the mysterious master was crossing the avenue to reach the street from which Shakes Niefan had emerged.
It could mean that Shakes had fared forth to deal with some new victim.
His purpose was simply to avoid delay in his pursuit of Shakes Niefan.
For this delay--caused by the chance flicker of a gaslight--had ended all chance to trail Shakes Niefan.
With receiver wobbling in his unsteady hand, Shakes was talking in the fashion of the night before.
Shakes noted the inscription on the arch: BALLANTYNE PLACE Shakes walked beneath the archway.