Lan"ier (?), n. [F. lanière. See Lanyard.] [Written also lanner,
lanyer.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield
by, and the like. Fairholt.
La*nif"er*ous (?), n. [L. lanifer; lana wool + ferre to bear: cf. F.
lanifère.] Bearing or producing wool.
La*nif"i*cal (?), a. [L. lanificus; lana wool + facere to make.]
Working in wool.
Lan"i*fice (?), n. [L. lanificium: cf. OF. lanifice.] Anything made of
wool. [Obs.] Bacon.
La*nig"er*ous (?), a. [L. laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear.] Bearing
or producing wool.
La"ni*oid (?), a. [NL. Lanius (fr. L. lanius a butcher), the typical
genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family
Laniidæ).
Lank (?), a. [Compar. Lanker (?); superl. Lankest.] [AS. hlanc; cf. G.
lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link
of a chain.] 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.