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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[Cf. F.

ganche

Noun.

, also Sp. & Pg.

gancho

hook, It.

gancio

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.

Verb.

To drop from a high place on hooks, as the Turks do malefactors, by way of punishment.

ganch ‎(third-person singular simple present ganches, present participle ganching, simple past and past participle ganched)