clank (klangk)

[Not in ME. or AS.; formally from the noun, but partly, as an imitative word, an independent verb, a variation of clink, v.: see clank, n., and cf. clink, clang, n. and v.] I. trans. 1. To cause to sound with a clank: as, to clank chains. See the noun. Officers and their staffs in full uniform clanking their spurs and jingling their sabres. W. H. Ru ell, Crime an War, vi. IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] Against his breast, his heavy mailed hand, That the hard iron corslet clank'd aloud. M. Arnold , Sohrab and Rustum. clanker (klang'kėr), n . [E. dial.; appar. clank +-er1.] A beating; a chastisement. Brockett . [Prov. Eng.] clannish (klan'ish), a. [ The vision of the whole race pa ing out of its state of clannish division, as the children of Israel themselves had done in the time of Moses, and becoming fit to receive a universal constitution, this is great. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 213. 2. Imbued with the prejudices, feelings, sentiments, etc., peculiar to clans; somewhat narrow or restricted in range of social interest and feeling. clannishly (klan'ish-li), adv. In a clannish manner.