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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hank /ˈhæŋk/
 一束,一卷,一仔(vt.)使成一卷一卷

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hank n.
 1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
 2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
 3. Hold; influence.
    When the devil hath got such a hank over him.   --Bp. Sanderson.
 4. Naut. A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
 5. 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hank, v. t.
 1.  To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
 2. To form into hanks.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hank
      n : a coil of rope or wool or yarn