different between hank vs hesp

English

Etymology

From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse h?nk, hank; akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Noun

hank (plural hanks)

1. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
2. (nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
3. (Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.
4. (Ulster) Mess, tangle.
5. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
6. (obsolete) Hold; influence.
   • 1660, Robert Sanderson, Ad Aulam

     When the devil hath got such a hank over him.

7. (wrestling) 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

Verb

hank (third-person singular simple present hanks, present participle hanking, simple past and past participle hanked)

1. (transitive) To form into hanks.
2. (transitive, Britain, dialect) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

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Translations

Anagrams

• Kahn, Khan, Nakh, ankh, khan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse h?nk

Noun

hank f or m (definite singular hanka or hanken, indefinite plural hanker, definite plural hankene)

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

References

• “hank” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hanke

Etymology

From Old Norse hanki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??k/

Noun

hank m (definite singular hanken, indefinite plural hankar, definite plural hankane)
hank f (definite singular hanka, indefinite plural hanker, definite plural hankene)

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

References

• “hank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• hasp

Etymology

Compare Icelandic hespa (“a hasp, a wisp or skein”). See hasp.

Noun

hesp (plural hesps)

1. (Scotland) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.

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Anagrams

• Ephs, PSHE, Shep, eshp, heps, pehs, shep

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hespe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp/
• Hyphenation: hesp
• Rhymes: -?sp

Noun

hesp f (plural hespen)

1. (chiefly Belgium) ham (type of pork, meat from the thigh of a hog)

   Synonym: ham

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah. Cognate to Persian ???? (asb).

Noun

hesp m

1. horse

Descendants

• ? Old Armenian: ???? (hasb) (probably)