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