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hank
UK /ˈhæŋk/ US /ˈhæŋk/
noun 5name 2verb 2
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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