L'ANCH, from lance.
1. To throw, as a lance to dart to let fly.
See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt.
2. To move, or cause to slide from the land into the water as, to lanch a ship.
L'ANCH, To dart or fly off to push off as, to lanch into the wide world to lanch into a wide field of discussion.
L'ANCH, n.
1. The sliding or movement of a ship from the land into the water, on ways prepared for the purpose.
2. A kind of boat, longer, lower, and more flat-bottomed than a long boat.
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