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

lank \lank\ la^ngk, 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.
      1913 webster

            meager and lank with fasting grown.   --swift.
      1913 webster

            who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank
            purse than an empty brain?            --barrow.
      1913 webster

   2. languid; drooping. obs.
      1913 webster

            who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   lank hair, long, thin hair. --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
lanker lankest as lank hair 

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

lank \lank\, v. i.  t.
   to become lank; to make lank. obs. --shak. --g. fletcher.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lank
     adj 1: long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting";
            "lank mousy hair"
     2: long and lean syn: spindly
see also:
spindly 

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