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lank |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lank \Lank\, a. [Compar. {Lanker}; superl. {Lankest}.] [{AS}. hlanc; cf G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? --Barrow. 2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. --Milton. {Lank hair}, long, thin hair. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lank \Lank\, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] --Shak. --G. Fletcher. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lank adj 1: long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair" 2: long and lean [syn: {spindly}]
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