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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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