adj. (old: now recognised).—See quot.
1590. SPENSER, The Fairie Queene, III. vi. 18. Her LANCK loynes ungirt.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LANK, Gaunt, Thin, Hollow, Lean, Meager, Slender, Weak. Lank Ears of Corn, very thin Ears.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
AFTER A LANK COMES A BANK, phr. (old).—Said of breeding women.
1767. RAY, Proverbs [BOHN (1893), 109], s.v.
