Lank : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lank	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lank
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lank adj long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair" long and lean Synonym(s): lank, spindly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lank \Lank\, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] --Shak. --G. Fletcher.
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.