\Hance\, v. t. [See {Enhance}.]
To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] --Lydgate.

\Hance\, Hanch \Hanch\, [See {Hanse}.]
1. (Arch.) See {Hanse}.
2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife
   rail down to the gangway.