Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lanch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lanch
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large bed of flints.

British usage

verb

To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.

Obsolete

verb

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

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] difficult to cultivate, on account of the outcrop thereon of a large bed of flints called locally a 'lanch' or 'lanchet.'"
"And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home."

Etymology

See lance, launch.

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

lanches (plural) lanches (present, singular) lanching (participle, present) lanched (participle, past) lanched (past)

Questions

What does lanch mean?: A large bed of flints.
Where does lanch come from?: See lance, launch.

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