▪ I. slank, a. Now Sc. and north. dial.
(slæŋk)
[prob. a. Du. or LG. slank (MDu. and MHG. slanc, G. schlank) thin, slender.]
Of persons, parts of the body, the hair: Lank, thin.
The quotation dated 1656 in Davies reads flank in the original edition, but this may be a misprint for slank.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. 33 Slim, lank, slank, slight. 1715 J. Chappelow Right Way Rich (1717) 119 They wound religion through his slank sides. 1825 in Jamieson Suppl. 1865 Mellor Uncle Owdem 4 (E.D.D.), It ratched him eawt an' made him lunger an' slanker. 1882 in Lanc. Gloss. |
▪ II. [slank
error for slauk slawk.
The mistake appears to have originated in ed. 1552 of Elyot's Latin Dict. (s.v. Bryon), and is continued by Cooper, Cotgrave, etc.
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