hanchv.
/hɑːn(t)ʃ/, /han(t)ʃ/, U.S. /hæn(t)ʃ/, Scottish English /hanʃ/ Now chiefly Scottish.
transitive and intransitive. To snatch, snap at, or bite with violent or noisy action of the jaws; said of large dogs, wild beasts, cannibals, or greedy men.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > bite [verb (transitive)]
britOE
biteOE
forbitec1275
to-bite1375
hancha1400
pincha1425
savage1838
maul1848
bebite1880
a1400–50 Alexander 774* Þar liggez lymmes of laddes, leggez and harmes..Som hanchyd of þe heued, som þe handez etyn.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms vii. 2 Lest he hantch vp my soule like a lyon.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. v. G They shal roare, and hantch vp the praye.
1640 R. Baillie Let. Sept. (1841) I. 252 A number greedilie hanshit at the argument..bot came not near the matter.
1808–25 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Hansh.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge ii. 34 Several men had been terribly torn by the bloodhounds, who..stood gasping and barking; and hanching at us, at the entrance of the opening.
Derivatives
hanch n. Scottish a voracious snap.
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1808–18 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) ‘The dog made a hanch at me.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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