Hance

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  • v. To raise, to elevate - Lydgate
  • n. a curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To raise; to elevate.
  • n. See hanse.
  • n. A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To raise; elevate; increase; enhance.
  • n. In architecture, same as haunch, 6: by older writers more especially applied to the lower part, above the springing, of three- and four- centered arches
  • n. to a small arch by which a straight lintel is sometimes united to its jamb or impost.
  • n. pl. Naut., falls of the fife-rails placed on balusters on the poop and quarterdeck down to the gangway.
  • n. See hanse.
  • Word Usage
    "DETROIT — The auto show that begins this week gives Detroit the c hance to show off a hometown industry on the mend and a downtown flush with upscale hotel rooms."
    Equivalent
    hanch   
    Variant
    hanse   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    raise    elevate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chance    France    Lance    Nance    Romance    Vance    advance    anse    askance    chance   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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