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Definition of Ganch
1. v. t. To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.
Definition of Ganch
1. Verb. To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ganch
1. to impale [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: impale
Medical Definition of Ganch
1. To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. "Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die." (Sandys) Origin: Cf. F. Ganche, also Sp. & Pg. Gancho hook, It. Gancio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ganch
Literary usage of Ganch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Sc., also written gansch; origin obscure.] To make a snatch or snap at anything
with open jaws, as a dog. ganch'-', ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... themselves from some trouble or misery, who make a vow to the Pagod, to hooke
or ganch themselves; and for this there are some deputed that stand there, ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... many which desire to free themselves from some trouble or misery, who make a
vow to the Pagod, to ooke or ganch themselves ; and for this there are some ..."
4. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1900)
"Having once an honourable meaning, they have yet with the deterioration and
degeneration of those that used them, or of * \To ganch. To punish by that cruel ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Sc., also written gansch; origin obscure.] To make a snatch or snap at anything
with open jaws, as a dog. ganch'-', ..."
6. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... themselves from some trouble or misery, who make a vow to the Pagod, to hooke
or ganch themselves; and for this there are some deputed that stand there, ..."
7. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... many which desire to free themselves from some trouble or misery, who make a
vow to the Pagod, to ooke or ganch themselves ; and for this there are some ..."
8. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1900)
"Having once an honourable meaning, they have yet with the deterioration and
degeneration of those that used them, or of * \To ganch. To punish by that cruel ..."
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