·noun Hold; influence.
II. Hank ·vt To form into hanks.
III. Hank ·vt To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
IV. Hank ·noun A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
V. Hank ·noun A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
VI. Hank ·noun A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
VII. Hank ·add. ·noun A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.