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hank

 (hăngk)
n.
1. A coil or loop.
2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the luff of a jib or staysail.
3. A looped bundle, as of yarn.

[Middle English, from Old Norse hönk.]
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hank

(hæŋk)
n
1. (Textiles) a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn
2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a ringlike fitting that can be opened to admit a stay for attaching the luff of a sail
3. (Units) a unit of measurement of cloth, yarn, etc, such as a length of 840 yards (767 m) of cotton or 560 yards (512 m) of worsted yarn
vb
(Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to attach (a sail) to a stay by hanks
[C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hanka to coil, Swedish hank string]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hank

(hæŋk)

n.
2. a specific length of thread or yarn according to the type of fiber, as 840 yards (768.1 m) for cotton or 300 yards (274.32 m) for linen.
3. a coil, knot, or loop: a hank of hair.
4. a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff.
[1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse hǫnk hank, coil, skein, clasp; akin to hang]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Hank

 circular coil of anything flexible; a skein or coil of thread.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

hank


Past participle: hanked
Gerund: hanking

Imperative
hank
hank
Present
I hank
you hank
he/she/it hanks
we hank
you hank
they hank
Preterite
I hanked
you hanked
he/she/it hanked
we hanked
you hanked
they hanked
Present Continuous
I am hanking
you are hanking
he/she/it is hanking
we are hanking
you are hanking
they are hanking
Present Perfect
I have hanked
you have hanked
he/she/it has hanked
we have hanked
you have hanked
they have hanked
Past Continuous
I was hanking
you were hanking
he/she/it was hanking
we were hanking
you were hanking
they were hanking
Past Perfect
I had hanked
you had hanked
he/she/it had hanked
we had hanked
you had hanked
they had hanked
Future
I will hank
you will hank
he/she/it will hank
we will hank
you will hank
they will hank
Future Perfect
I will have hanked
you will have hanked
he/she/it will have hanked
we will have hanked
you will have hanked
they will have hanked
Future Continuous
I will be hanking
you will be hanking
he/she/it will be hanking
we will be hanking
you will be hanking
they will be hanking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hanking
you have been hanking
he/she/it has been hanking
we have been hanking
you have been hanking
they have been hanking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hanking
you will have been hanking
he/she/it will have been hanking
we will have been hanking
you will have been hanking
they will have been hanking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hanking
you had been hanking
he/she/it had been hanking
we had been hanking
you had been hanking
they had been hanking
Conditional
I would hank
you would hank
he/she/it would hank
we would hank
you would hank
they would hank
Past Conditional
I would have hanked
you would have hanked
he/she/it would have hanked
we would have hanked
you would have hanked
they would have hanked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hank - a coil of rope or wool or yarn
coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
skein - coils of worsted yarn
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

hank

noun coil, roll, length, bunch, piece, loop, clump, skein He twisted up the hank of rope.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
شِلَّة صوف أو خيطان
přadeno
bundtnøgle
kieppilitsaratsastajavyyhti
motring
hespa; hönk
sruoga
šķetere
pradeno

hank

[hæŋk] N [of wool] → madeja f; [of hair] → mechón m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hank

[ˈhæŋk] n
[wool] → écheveau m
[hair] → touffe f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hank

n (of wool etc)Strang m; (of hair, fur)Büschel nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hank

[hæŋk] n (of wool) → matassa; (of hair) → ciocca (Naut) → garroccio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hank

(hӕŋk) noun
a coil or loop of rope, wool, string etc. hanks of knitting-wool.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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How the thought of her carries me back over wide seas of memory to a vague dim time, a happy time, so many, many centuries hence, when I used to wake in the soft summer mornings, out of sweet dreams of her, and say "Hello, Central!" just to hear her dear voice come melting back to me with a "Hello, Hank!" that was music of the spheres to my enchanted ear.
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