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Gange v. t. (past & past part. ganged; pres. part. ganging)

To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.

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"Gange" Quotes from Famous Books

... me where angry Titan burns the Moor, And thirsty Afric fiery monsters brings, Or where the new-born phoenix spreads her wings, And troops of wond'ring birds her flight adore: Place me by Gange, or Ind's empamper'd shore, Where smiling heavens on earth cause double springs: Place me where Neptune's quire of Syrens sings, Or where, made hoarse through cold, he leaves to roar: Me place where Fortune doth her darlings crown, A wonder or a spark in Envy's eye, Or late outrageous ...

— The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch • Petrarch

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