noun. A coil or loop.

noun. A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail.

noun. A looped bundle, as of yarn.

To fasten by means of a rope or cord: draw or compress tightly.

[⟨ hank, n.] To form into hanks, as yarn.

noun. A habit or practice.

To hang.

noun. A skein or coil of yarn or thread; more particularly, a definite length of yarn, thread, silk, or the like bound up in one or more skeins. A hank of cotton yarn is 840 yards; a hank of linen yarn is 3,000 yards.

noun. A string; a tie; a clasp; a hold; a collar, chain, ring, or other means of fastening.

noun. Specifically Nautical, a ring of wood or iron (formerly of rope) fastened round a fore-and-aft stay, and having the head of a jib or stay-sail seized to it. Iron hanks are used on wire stays, and wooden ones on rope stays.

noun. A withy or rope for fastening a gate.

noun. A handle.

Same as hanker.

transitive verb. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

transitive verb. To form into hanks.

noun. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

noun. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

noun. Hold; influence.

noun. A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.

noun. 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.

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

noun. A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.

noun. doubt, difficulty

noun. mess, tangle

verb. To form into hanks.

verb. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

noun. a coil of rope or wool or yarn

"Well I sure as heck dont need "hank" with me in a bar."

hank for hank  to have one upon the hank  

coil  helix  spiral  volute  whorl  

skein  

Blanc  Franck  Frank  Montblanc  Planck  

Tove  alike  annebaby  consent  cry  

animal fiber  artificial fiber  capillament  cilium  cirrus  

hanked  hanks