'Hance' definitions:
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Hance \Hance\ (h[.a]ns), v. t. [See Enhance.]
To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] --Lydgate. Hance
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Hance \Hance\ (h[a^]ns), Hanch \Hanch\ (h[a^]nch), n. [See
Hanse.]
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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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