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Definition of Lanks
1. lank [v] - See also: lank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanks
Literary usage of Lanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"HA ETON, l'à'è-tun. S. A kind ol high open carriage upon four wheels, used for
pleasure. PHALANX, fá'lanks, or fal'lanks. s. A noop of men closely embodied. ..."
2. The Chemical Trade Journal (1890)
"... added four dye-lanks to their works, with the consequence *hat the output
waste was increased. The defendants carried on a very »ough dyeing process, ..."
3. A Selection from Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary: In which All Those Words by Lemuel G. White, John Walker (1823)
"Tochange in botany, signifying those fine-coloured to stone. PETULANT, pet'-tshu-lant,
a. 461. Saucy. 'PHALANX, fa'-lanks, or fal'-lanks, s. ..."
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