lanch

Etymology 1

noun

  1. (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
    […] difficult to cultivate, on account of the outcrop thereon of a large bed of flints called locally a 'lanch' or 'lanchet.' 1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies

Etymology 2

See lance, launch.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.
  2. (obsolete) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

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