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