·add. ·vt To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
II. Gange ·add. ·vt To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.
GANGE(Γάγγη, Ptol. 7.1.81; Γάγγης, Peripl. Mar. Erythr. p. 36), according to Ptolemy, the capital to...
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