- 1. n. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together. Source: opted
- 2. n. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. Source: opted
- 3. n. Hold; influence. Source: opted
- 4. n. A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay. Source: opted
- 5. v. t. To fasten with a rope, as a gate. Source: opted
- 6. v. t. To form into hanks. Source: opted
- 7. n. a coil of rope or wool or yarn Source: wordnet
- 8. 1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together. 2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.] 3. Hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson. 4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay. 1. Etym: [OE. hanken.] To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 2. To form into hanks. Source: webster
- 9. A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of asail and running on a stay. Source: adambom
- 10. n:100 n. a coil of rope or wool or yarn Source: ecdict
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