[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hank \hank\, v. t.
   1. oe. hanken. to fasten with a rope, as a gate. prov.
      eng. --wright.
      1913 webster

   2. to form into hanks.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hank \hank\ ha^ngk, n. cf. dan. hank handle, sw. hank a
   band or tie, icel. hanki hasp, clasp, h"onk, hangr, hank,
   coil, skein, g. henkel, henk, handle; all probably akin to e.
   hang. see hang.
   1. a parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or
      thread tied together.
      1913 webster

   2. a rope or withe for fastening a gate. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   3. hold; influence.
      1913 webster

            when the devil hath got such a hank over him. --bp.
                                                  sanderson.
      1913 webster

   4. naut. a ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to
      the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
      1913 webster

   5. wrestling a throw in which a wrestler turns his left
      side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his
      opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him
      backward.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
hang 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hank
     n : a coil of rope or wool or yarn

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "hank":
   animal fiber, artificial fiber, capillament, cilium, cirrus,
   cobweb, denier, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, flagellum,
   gossamer, hair, skein, strand, suture, tendril, thread, threadlet,
   web

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