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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hank

/(hăṉk)/ · IPA /ˈhæŋk/
01 n. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
  1. 1.
    A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
  2. 2.
    A rope or withe for fastening a gate.[Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.
    Hold; influence.
    “When the devil hath got such a hank over him.” — Bp. Sanderson.
  4. 4.
    A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.(Naut.)
  5. 5.
    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.(Wrestling)
02 v. t. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
  1. 1.
    To fasten with a rope, as a gate.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To form into hanks.