LANKING

Verb

lanking

present participle of lank

Anagrams

• ankling

Source: Wiktionary


LANK

Lank, a. [Compar. Lanker; superl. Lankest.] Etym: [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, v. i. & t.

Definition: To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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