Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.
Milton.
Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.
Lank, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G.
Fletcher.
Lank"i*ness (?), n. The condition or quality or being lanky.
Lank"ly, adv. In a lank manner.
Lank"ness, n. The state or quality of being lank.
Lank"y, a. Somewhat lank. Thackeray.
The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height.
The Century.
{ Lan"ner (?), n. f. Lan"ner*et (?), n. m.} [F. lanier, OF. also,
lasnier. Cf. Lanyard.] (Zoöl.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius),
of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American
prairie falcon.
Lan"o*lin (?), n. [L. lana wool + oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids,
found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
Under the same name, it is prepared from wool for commercial purposes,
and forms an admirable basis for ointments, being readily absorbed by
the skin.
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||Lan"seh (?), n. The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree
||(Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid
||taste. Balfour.
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Lans"que*net (?), n. [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a
game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht
boy, servant. See Land, and Knight.] 1. A German foot soldier in
foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune;
-- a term used in France and Western Europe.