lank vs wiry

lank

adj
  • Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. 

  • Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.) 

verb
  • To become lank. 

wiry

adj
  • Thin, muscular and flexible. 

How often have the words lank and wiry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )