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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Hance \Hance\ (h[.a]ns), v. t. [See Enhance.]
      To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] --Lydgate. Hance
   
                   
                 

2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Hance \Hance\ (h[a^]ns), Hanch \Hanch\ (h[a^]nch), n. [See
      Hanse.]
      1. (Arch.) See Hanse.
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      2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife
         rail down to the gangway.
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