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Definition of Ganching
1. ganch [v] - See also: ganch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ganching
Literary usage of Ganching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Their formes of putting to death, (besides such as are common else-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching (which is to be let fall from on high upon ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Their formes of putting to death, (besides such as are common else-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching (which is to be let fall from on high upon ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... upon stakes, ganching (which is to be let fall from on high upon hookes, and
there to hang until! they die by the anguish of their wounds, ..."
4. The Travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 by Peter Mundy (1907)
"Theis are the punishments (amonge the rest) wherewith Malefactors are putt to
Death att Constantinople. execution of criminals by ganching. ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Their formes of putting to death (be- bides such as are common els-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching, which is to be let tall from on ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The punishment or torture of ganching. I would rather suffer the (launch than
put the smallest constraint on ..."
7. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1900)
"62 : Their formes of putting to death (besides such as are common els-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching, which is to be let fall from on high upon ..."
8. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Their formes of putting to death, (besides such as are common else-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching (which is to be let fall from on high upon ..."
9. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Their formes of putting to death, (besides such as are common else-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching (which is to be let fall from on high upon ..."
10. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... upon stakes, ganching (which is to be let fall from on high upon hookes, and
there to hang until! they die by the anguish of their wounds, ..."
11. The Travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 by Peter Mundy (1907)
"Theis are the punishments (amonge the rest) wherewith Malefactors are putt to
Death att Constantinople. execution of criminals by ganching. ..."
12. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Their formes of putting to death (be- bides such as are common els-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching, which is to be let tall from on ..."
13. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The punishment or torture of ganching. I would rather suffer the (launch than
put the smallest constraint on ..."
14. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1900)
"62 : Their formes of putting to death (besides such as are common els-where) are
impaling upon stakes, ganching, which is to be let fall from on high upon ..."
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