*ankle*

a. Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. see anklets. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. 1. socks that reach just above the ankle.
Syn. -- anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without a clank. Byreon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Crinkle. ] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope,
Crankling her banks. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bend, turn, or wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Along the crankling path. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rankled p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling ] [ From Rank, a. ] 1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [ R. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. [ 1913 Webster ]

That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Thank"less*ly adv. -- Thank"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]