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Definition for LANCH
LANCH
LANCH'ING
LANCH
, v.t. [from
lance
, Fr.
lancer
.]
To throw, as a lance; to dart; to let fly. See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. – Dryden. Lee.
To move, or cause to slide from the land into the water; as, to lanch a ship.
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