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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lank 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.