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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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