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Shoulder

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13096821911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 24 — Shoulder

Shoulder (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown), the name of that part of the body of man and animals where the upper arm or fore-leg articulates with the collar bone and shoulder-blade (see Joints).