Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hank"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hank \Hank\, n. (Wrestling)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hank \Hank\, n. [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie,
Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, h["o]nk, hangr, hank, coil, skein,
G. henkel, henk, handle; ar prob. akin to E. hang. See
{Hang}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hank \Hank\, v. t.
1. [OE. hanken.] To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov.
Eng.] --Wright.
2. To form into hanks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hank
n : a coil of rope or wool or yarn
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