Part 5112

<h1>Hank</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>hank</ets> handle, Sw. <ets>hank</ets> a band or tie, Icel. <ets>hanki</ets> hasp, clasp, <ets>h\'94nk</ets>, <ets>hangr</ets>, hank, coil, skein, G. <ets>henkel</ets>, <ets>henk</ets>, handle; ar prob. akin to E. <ets>hang</ets>. See <er>Hang</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rope or withe for fastening a gate.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hold; influence.</def>

<blockquote>When the devil hath got such a <b>hank</b> over him. <i>Bp. Sanderson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.</def>

<h1>Hank</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hank</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <ety>[OE. <ets>hanken</ets>.]</ety> <def>To fasten with a rope, as a gate.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form into hanks.</def>

<h1>Hanker</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hankered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hankering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>hang</ets>; cf. D. <ets>hunkeren</ets>, <ets>hengelen</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with <i>for</i> or <i>after</i>; <as>as, to <ex>hanker</ex> after fruit; to <ex>hanker</ex> after the diversions of the town.</as></def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>He was <b>hankering</b> to join his friend. <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To linger in expectation or with desire.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Hankeringly</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"ker*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hankering manner.</def>

<h1>Hankey-pankey</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"key-pan"key</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hocus-pocus</er>.]</ety> <def>Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Hanoverian</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han`o*ve"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.</def>

<h1>Hanoverian</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han`o*ve"ri*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.</def>

<h1>Han sa</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han" sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See 2d <er>Hanse</er>.</def>

<h1>Hansard</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"sard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.</def>