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Definition of Hance
1. v. t. To raise; to elevate.
2. n. See Hanse.
Definition of Hance
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To raise, to elevate - Lydgate ¹
3. Noun. a curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hance
1. a side of an arch [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hance
Literary usage of Hance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"THIRTY years ago John Hance rode into Arizona and one day came suddenly upon the
Grand Canyon. What his emotions were at his first glimpse of the scene no ..."
2. The Grand Canyon of Arizona: Being a Book of Words from Many Pens, about the (1909)
"John Hance, the Grand Canyon guide, is one of them a little overpraised and
overrated, ... His name is John Hance. Some people call him Old John Hance, ..."
3. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"Hance was a humorist of rare degree. From the brink of the abyss he used touchingly
to show the whitened skeleton of a horse a mile below, ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"Rise again, Hance, thou hadst almost got a fall: But thou ... Body of me, Hance,
how doth thy belly, canst thou tell 1 By the mass, ..."
5. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches by William Smith Bryan, Robert Rose (1876)
"Mr. Hance settled in Montgomery county, Mo., in 1829, on what is now the ...
(Children of Peter Hance.) Mary never married, and died in Virginia at the age ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"A few short historical chapters, by way of introduction, put us in touch with
the tellers of " fish stories " from Jonah down to John Hance, including such ..."
7. From My Quebec Scrap-book by George Moore Fairchild (1907)
"James B. Hance N these days when the rapprochement between Great Britain and her
colonies has become a subject of intense 'pride to all of us, ..."
8. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"The three field officers, Captain Todd, senior captain, and Captain Hance, third
senior captain present, were wounded, and Captain Summer, second senior ..."
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