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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Gange

/(gănj)/ · IPA /ɡˈændʒ/
01 v. t. To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
imp. & p. p. Ganged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ganging
  1. 1.
    To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
  2. 2.
    To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.