GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Lank (lăṉk), 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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   Lank, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.
   
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