What is hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson called?
hank — Hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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