Lank

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain Barrow.

2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton. Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.