Lanch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lanch is a noun meaning (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
Meaning
(UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.
- (obsolete) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
Example Sentences
[…] difficult to cultivate, on account of the outcrop thereon of a large bed of flints called locally a 'lanch' or 'lanchet.'
And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.
Word Forms
- lanches
- lanching
- lanched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lath, linch, lynch, loot, lump, linchet.
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