Category:Stank

Stank, a. Etym: [of. estanc, or it. stanco. See stanch, a.]

Defn: weak; worn out. [obs.] Spenser.

Stank Stank, v. i. Etym: [cf. Sw. stånka to pant. *165.]

Defn: to sigh. [obs. or prov. Eng.]

Stank Stank, imp. of stink.

Defn: stunk.

Stank Stank, n. Etym: [of. estang, f. étang, from l. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, tank a cistern.]

1. Water retained by an embankment; a pool water. [prov. Eng. & Scot.] Robert of brunne.

2. A dam or mound to stop water. [prov. Eng.] Stank hen (zoöl.), the Moor hen; -- called also stankie. [prov. Eng.]