Definition of hank

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Hank (n.) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

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Mousing :: Mousing (n.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out..
Thanking :: Thanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Than.
Shin :: Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
Thankful :: Thankful (a.) Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful..
Address :: Address (v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters..
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..
Canon Bone :: Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse..
Stilted :: Stilt (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer..
Thank :: Thank (n.) A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural..
Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..
Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..
Teuk :: Teuk (n.) The redshank.
Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
Card :: Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair..
Remercy :: Remercy (v. t.) To thank.
Clee :: Clee (n.) The redshank.
Shake :: Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
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