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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hance

/(hȧns)/ · IPA /hɑːns/
01 v. t. To raise; to elevate.
  1. 1.
    To raise; to elevate.[Obs.]
02 n. See Hanse.
  1. 1.
    See Hanse.(Arch.) See: Hanse
  2. 2.
    A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.(Naut.)