Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gange

Gange (ganj) , transitive verb

[Of uncertain origin.]

1.
To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
2.
To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.