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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Ganchverb

    To drop from a high place upon hooks by way of punishment: a practice in Turkey, to which Smith alludes in his Pocockius.

    Etymology: ganciare, from gancio, a hook, Italian; ganche, French.

    Cohors catenis qua pia stridulis
    Gemunt onusti, vel sude trans sinum
    Luctantur actâ, pendulive
    Sanguineis luctantur in unæs. Musæ Angl.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ganchnoun

    to drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. ganche, n., also Sp. & Pg. gancho hook, It. gancio.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ganch

    ganch, v.t. to impale.—Also Gaunch. [O. Fr. gancher—It. gancio, a hook.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ganch in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ganch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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