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Hance [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

HANCE , HAUNCE, for enhance. [ See Enhance .]

Hance Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Hanch

Hance [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To raise; to elevate.

Hances [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. plural [Latin ansa.] In architecture, the ends of elliptical arches, which are the arches of smaller circles than the scheme or middle part of the arch.

2. In a ship, falls of the fife-rails placed on balusters on the poop and quarter-deck down to the gangway.