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Webster 1913 Edition

(rănch)

Verb.

[Written also

raunch

[Cf.

To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

[R.]

Dryden.

“Hasting to raunch the arrow out.”

Spenser.

Noun.

[See

A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See

, 2.

[Western U. S.]

Verb.

[corrupted from wrench.] To sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion. [Not used.]