About The Word Hank
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Hank
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What's The Definition Of Hank?
[n] a coil of rope or wool or yarn
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hank: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hank: animal fiber | artificial fiber | capillament | cilium | cirrus | cobweb | denier | fiber | fibrilla | filament | filamentule | flagellum | gossamer | hair | skein | strand | suture | tendril | thread | threadlet | web See Also | coil | helix | skein | spiral | volute | whorl Hank In Webster's Dictionary \Hank\, n. [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie,
Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, h["o]nk, hangr, hank, coil, skein,
G. henkel, henk, handle; ar prob. akin to E. hang. See
{Hang}.]
1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or
thread tied together.
2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Hold; influence.
When the devil hath got such a hank over him. --Bp.
Sanderson.
4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to
the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
\Hank\, v. t. 1. [OE. hanken.] To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 2. To form into hanks. \Hank\, n. (Wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward. |
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