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Webster 1913 Edition
Lank
Lank
(lăṉk)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Lanker
; sup
erl.
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.
Lank
,Verb.
I.
& T.
To become lank; to make lank.
[Obs.]
Shak.
G. Fletcher.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lank
LANK
,Adj.
1.
Loose or lax and easily yielding to pressure; not distended; not stiff or firm by distension; not plump; as a lank bladder or purse.The clergy's bags are lank and lean with thy extortions.
2.
Thin; slender; meager; not full and firm; as a lank body.3.
Languid; drooping. [See Languish.]