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Webster 1913 Edition

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(chăṉk)

Noun.

[Skr.

çaṅkha

. See

(Zool.)

The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp.

Turbinella pyrum

. Called also

chank shell

chank ‎(plural chanks)

(East India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.

chank ‎(third-person singular simple present chanks, present participle chanking, simple past and past participle chanked)