Hank

//hæŋk// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John). archaic
Noun
  1. 1
    A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

    "1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, […] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire […] and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils […]"

  2. 2
    a coil of rope or wool or yarn wordnet
  3. 3
    A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
  4. 4
    Doubt, difficulty. Ulster
  5. 5
    Mess, tangle. Ulster
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  1. 6
    A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
  2. 7
    Hold; influence. obsolete

    "Seldom doth a man fall into a Preſumptuous Sin, but vvhere the Devil hath got ſuch a hanke over him, […]"

  3. 8
    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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form into hanks. transitive
  2. 2
    To fasten with a rope, as a gate. UK, dialectal, transitive

    "where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.

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