Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of hank is as below...

Pellile :: Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.

Squier :: Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid..

Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..

Thanksgiver :: Thanksgiver (n.) One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness..

Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Shank :: Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.

Hank :: Hank (v. t.) To form into hanks.

Shank :: Shank (v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved..

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..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Chank :: Chank (n.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell..

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..

Hankered :: Hankered (imp. & p. p.) of Hanke.

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..

Hanker :: Hanker (v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town..

Unthank :: Unthank (n.) No thanks; ill will; misfortune.

Ingrateful :: Ingrateful (a.) Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative.

Redlegs :: Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..

Shank :: Shank (v.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

Random Fonts

Most Popular