Lank

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lank \Lank\ (l[a^][ng]k), 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.
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              Meager and lank with fasting grown.   --Swift.
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              Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank
              purse than an empty brain?            --Barrow.
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     2. Languid; drooping. [Obs.]
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              Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.
                                                    --Milton.
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     {Lank hair}, long, thin hair. --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lank \Lank\, v. i. & t.
     To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] --Shak. --G. Fletcher.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lank
       adj 1: long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting";
              "lank mousy hair"
       2: long and lean [syn: {spindly}]