Found 1 items, similar to Lank hair.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lank hair Lank \Lank\ (l[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. Lanker; superl. Lankest.] [AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. Languid; drooping. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Lank hair, long, thin hair. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]