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