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GANCH
Etymology
Verb
ganch (third-person singular simple present ganches, present participle ganching, simple past and past participle ganched)
To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment.
Anagrams
• Chang, chang
Source: Wiktionary
Ganch, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. ganche, n., also Sp. & Pg. gancho hook, It. gancio.]
Definition: To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die. Sandys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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