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† tranch, v. Obs.
Also 6 traunche.
[a. F. tranch-er to cut: see trench v.]
trans. To carve (a sturgeon or other fish).
1513Bk. Keruynge (W. de Worde) A j b, Traunche that sturgyon. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 78 Tranch that Sturgeon. 1840H. Ainsworth Tower Lond. ii. xxxix, In the old terms of his art, he leached the brawn,..tranched the sturgeon, undertranched the tunny-fish, tamed the crab, and barbed the lobster. |