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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lank \Lank\, verb (used without an object) & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] --Shak. --G. Fletcher.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lank \Lank\ (l[a^][ng]k), adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lank
adjective
1: long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair"
2: long and lean [syn: {spindly}]
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