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Definition: Hance
Hance
\Hance\ (h[.a]ns), v. t. [See
Enhance.]
To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] --Lydgate.
Hance
\Hance\ (h[a^]ns), Hanch
\Hanch\ (h[a^]nch), n. [See
Hanse.]
1. (Arch.) See
Hanse.
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2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife
rail down to the gangway.
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