adj. (old).—Dumb; silent. [Curiously enough, CANK also signifies ‘to chatter,’ or ‘cackle as a goose’; it only survives in this latter sense.]
1673. R. HEAD, Canting Academy, 36. CANK: dumb.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. CANK, dumb.
