\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.

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