Ganch

a. [It. ganciare, from gancio, a hook.] To drop from a high place upon hooks by way of punishment; - a practice formerly existing in Turkey. "Take him away, ganch him, impale him."- Dryden . Gan'der, n. [A. S. gandra ; Ger. gänserich ; L. Sax. ganter ; Lat. anser; Gr. chên , chênos . The male of the goose. Gan'dia, a town of Spain, prov. Valencia, dist. Denia, on the Mediterranean, 34 m. S.S.E. of Valencia. Manf. Linens. Popр . 7,120.