Clānk1, n.
(82), n. [See CLANG.] The loud, ringing sound made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with their clank. Byron.
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(82), n. [See CLANG.] The loud, ringing sound made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with their clank. Byron.
[imp. & p. p. CLANKED (klănkt); p. pr. & vb. n. CLANKING.] To cause to make a sharp, ringing sound; to strike with a sharp sound; as, the prisoners clank their chains.