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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hance

Hănce or Hănch, n.

noun

n. [Also hanches. See HAUNCH, 2.]

A diagram of a four-centered arch with dashed construction lines showing its geometry.
Hance, four centered Arch.

Hānch

  1. (Arch.) The end of an elliptical arch, which is the arc of a smaller circle than the scheme, or middle part of the arch. Harris.
  2. (Naut.) The fall of the fife-rail placed on balusters on the poop and quarter-deck down to the gangway. Harris.

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