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)