hance 拱腋
Hance \Hance\ (h[.a]ns), v. t. [See {Enhance}.]
To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] --Lydgate.
Hance \Hance\ (h[a^]ns), Hanch \Hanch\ (h[a^]nch), n. [See
{Hanse}.]
1. (Arch.) See {Hanse}.
2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife
rail down to the gangway.