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Gnomish

sanc

noun. jag, tooth

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “jag, tooth” based on the (Gnomish) root ✱sag- (GL/66). It was most likely tied to the early root ᴱ√SṆKṆ “rend, tear” (QL/85). In the Gnomish Lexicon, the word sanc was marked with an “X”, indicating it was probably rejected.

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