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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Ganchnoun
to drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment
Etymology: [Cf. F. ganche, n., also Sp. & Pg. gancho hook, It. gancio.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ganch
ganch, v.t. to impale.—Also Gaunch. [O. Fr. gancher—It. gancio, a hook.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ganch in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ganch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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