hank

nounverbcommon in dialogue

Canada//ˈheɪ̯ŋk//
Canada/[ˈheɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈhɛ̃ŋk//
Canada/[ˈhɛ̃ŋk]/
//ˈhæŋk//
/[ˈhæŋk]/

A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

noun

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 […]
Cotton twist is spun here of 130 hanks to the pound. Each hank is 840 yards long […]
[…] her hair was as straight as a hank of cotton.
The past year or two had brought knitting-needles into countenance for men, and he saw no reason why he should not put a few hanks of yarn into shape useful for himself.
2
A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
3
Doubt, difficulty.
4
Mess, tangle.
5
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
6
obsoleteHold; influence.
Seldom doth a man fall into a Preſumptuous Sin, but vvhere the Devil hath got ſuch a hanke over him, […]
7
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.

Etymology

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.

verb

1
To form into hanks.
2
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye

Forms

plural: hanks
past tense: hanked
past participle: hanked
present participle: hanking
third person singular: hanks

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hank · A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

Hank · A diminutive of the male given name Henry.Hanna · A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.Hannah · Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.

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