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hank
1[ hangk ]
noun
- a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- a definite length of thread or yarn:
A hank of cotton yarn measures 840 yards.
- a coil, knot, or loop:
a hank of hair.
- Nautical. a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff.
verb (used with object)
- Nautical. to fasten (a sail) by means of hanks.
Hank
2[ hangk ]
noun
- a male given name, form of Henry.
hank
/ æŋ /
noun
- a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn
- nautical a ringlike fitting that can be opened to admit a stay for attaching the luff of a sail
- a unit of measurement of cloth, yarn, etc, such as a length of 840 yards (767 m) of cotton or 560 yards (512 m) of worsted yarn
verb
- tr nautical to attach (a sail) to a stay by hanks
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hank1
C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hanka to coil, Swedish hank string
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Mary looked up quickly from the hank of yarn she was winding into a ball.
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Some people looked at Daniel Jones and saw a nondescript kid with a square haircut, a hank of side-comb running across his forehead in a straight line, and decided he was terminally unremarkable.
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A work from 1935, “Rope and People, I,” combines mediums—an affixed hank of heavy rope is surrounded by painted images of distressed personages.
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Sunshine twisted a hank of long blonde hair around her hand.
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He ripped an old conch shell off a hank of dead man’s fingers and tossed it aside.
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