Meaning of HANK
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| | Definition: | | [n] a coil of rope or wool or yarn |
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| | See Also: | | coil, helix, skein, spiral, volute, whorl | |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | animal fiber, artificial fiber, capillament, cilium, cirrus, cobweb, denier, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, flagellum, gossamer, hair, skein, strand, suture, tendril, thread, threadlet, web |
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