añcati
, pr. 3 sg. (√añc), (a) to pull, drag, hoist(evidently associated with siñcati), Th 750 (~āmi naṁ,
scil. my chain; v. l. añchāmi); Ja I 417,14' (udakaṁ
~anti etāyā ti udañcanī, cf. ussiñcana-ghaṭikā, ib.);
cf. añchati; — (b) to contract, shrink, As 376,7 (kaṭuka-
bhāvena cittaṁ ~ati saṁkocati); — (c) to twist, to
bend, Th 750 Ci see above); pp. añcita (q. v.).