Definition of hank

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Hank (n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

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Thankful :: Thankful (a.) Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful..
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..
Thanks :: Thanks (pl. ) of Than.
Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
Rudderpost :: Rudderpost (n.) The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other..
Hankered :: Hankered (imp. & p. p.) of Hanke.
Shank :: Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks..
Shankbeer :: Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.
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..
Shank :: Shank (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round..
Hank :: Hank (v. t.) To fasten with a rope, as a gate..
Eucharistical :: Eucharistical (a.) Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing.
Kerned :: Kerned (a.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.
Redshank :: Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.
Chine :: Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep..
Clee :: Clee (n.) The redshank.
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..
Selvagee :: Selvagee (n.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc..
Thankless :: Thankless (a.) Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task..
Thanksgiving :: Thanksgiving (n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties..
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