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hank
/ˈhæŋk/
noun 5name 2verb 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
straight
VERB + HANK
pound, take
HANK + NOUN
cotton, poetry, yards
Definitions
name
1
A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
2
A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
noun
1
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, […] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire […] and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils […]
Cotton twist is spun here of 130 hanks to the pound. Each hank is 840 yards long […]
2
A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
3
Doubt, difficulty.
4
Mess, tangle.
5
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
verb
1
To form into hanks.
2
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye
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1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, […] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it
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Cotton twist is spun here of 130 hanks to the pound. Each hank is 840 yards long […]
Wiktionary03
[…] her hair was as straight as a hank of cotton.
Wiktionary04
where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye
Wiktionary05
Bob and Hank are duking it out in the alley behind the bar.
Tatoeba · #206322606
Hank wrote poetry.
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