hank

Etymology
From, of Scandinavian/ origin; akin to 🇨🇬 (compare ), related to. Akin to 🇨🇬. First known use: 14th century.

Noun

 * 1) A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
 * 2) * 1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p.307,
 * the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils
 * 1)  A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
 * 2)  Doubt, difficulty.
 * 3)  Mess, tangle.
 * 4) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
 * 5)  Hold; influence.
 * 6)  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.
 * 1)  Doubt, difficulty.
 * 2)  Mess, tangle.
 * 3) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
 * 4)  Hold; influence.
 * 5)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: чиле
 * Czech: přadeno
 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: pōkai, kōrino, pōkaimiro
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: бухта
 * Finnish: litsa,


 * Japanese: (わ, wa) (1),  (はんかん, hankan) (2)

Verb

 * 1)  To form into hanks.
 * 2)  To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a handle (e.g. on a cup)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a handle (e.g. on a cup)