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Lanch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The sliding or movement of a ship from the land into the water, on ways prepared for the purpose.

2. A kind of boat, longer, lower, and more flat-bottomed than a long boat.

Lanch [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To dart or fly off; to push off; as, to lanch into the wide world; to lanch into a wide field of discussion.

Lanch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To throw, as a lance; to dart; to let fly.

2. See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt.

3. To move, or cause to slide from the land into the water; as, to lanch a ship.

Lanch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

Lanched [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lanching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913