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Clank

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To sound with a clank.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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