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   Hanse
   In architecture a hanse is a part of an elliptical or many-cantered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
   Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TH.HTM
   
   
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   Hanse
   Hanse (hăns) noun [ Confer French anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and English haunch hip.] (Architecture) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and imme...
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/12
   
   
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   Hanse
   Hanse noun [ German hanse , or French hanse (from German), Old High German & Goth. hansa ; akin to Anglo-Saxon hōs band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. Hanse towns (Hist.) , certa...
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/12
   
   
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   Hanse
   • (n.) An association; a league or confederacy. • (n.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hanse/
   
   
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   hanse
   1) Medieval guild 2) Medieval merchants' guild
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hanse/1
   
   

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