(historical) Alternative form of Hanse, a merchant guild or a former commercial league of German cities. / (historical) The guildhall of a Hanse.

(architecture) That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

(historical) A member city of the Hanseatic League. / A former member city of the Hanseatic League.

plural of Hanseatic city

plural of hanse

(historical) The commercial and military alliance of Low German merchant guilds and privileged market towns which dominated trade along the coasts of northern Europe from the mid-12th to mid-17th centuries.

(medicine) The extension of a blister to adjacent unblistered skin when pressure is put on the top of the bulla.

plural of Hansom cab

present participle of hansel

simple past tense and past participle of hansel