Definition of lank

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Lank (superl.) Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

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Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone..
Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
Surfaced :: Surface (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion..
Flanking :: Flanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flan.
Card :: Card (n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards..
Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl..
Blank :: Blank (n.) Aim; shot; range.
Brattice :: Brattice (n.) Planking to support a roof or wall.
Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..
Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4..
Flankered :: Flankered (imp. & p. p.) of Flanke.
Chesses :: Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge..
Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank..
Orillon :: Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses..
Blanking :: Blanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blan.
Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of..
Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
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