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Lynch vs Lanch - What's the difference?

lynch | lanch |

As a proper noun lynch

is .

As a noun lanch is

(uk|dialect) a large bed of flints.

As a verb lanch is

(obsolete) to throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

lynch

English

(wikipedia lynch)

Etymology 1

First attested , from (Lynch law) that appeared in .

Verb

(es)
  • (pejorative) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging.
    • Synonyms
    * (execute without a proper legal trial) string up
    Derived terms
    * lynching * lynch mob
    Related terms
    * kangaroo court * show trial

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
    • English eponyms ----

    lanch

    English

    Noun

  • (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
  • * 1871 (Thomas Hardy) "Desperate Remedies"
    • ...difficult to cultivate, on account of the outcrop thereon of a large bed of flints
    called locally a ' lanch ' or 'lanchet.'

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.