STANK

a. v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Weak; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.

2.
v.

To sigh. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

3.
n.

Stunk.

4.
n.

Water retained by an embankment; a pool water. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Robert of Brunne.

5.
n.

A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.] Stank hen (Zoöl.), the moor hen; -- called also stankie. [Prov. Eng.]

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