\Lanch\ (l[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lanched}
(l[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lanching}. See {Launch},
{Lance}.]
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
      See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt.  --Dryden &
                                               Lee.