present 3 singular
Añchati [in meaning = ākaḍḍhati, which latter is also the Sanskrit gloss (ākārṣayati) to the Jain Prākrit aṃchāvei = añchati: see Morris, JPTS 1893, 60] to pull, drag, pull along, to turn on a lathe D II 291 (bhamakāro dīghaṃ a., where K has note: añjanto ti pi acchanto ti pi pātho) = M I 56 (vv.ll. page 532 acch° and añj°); Thag 750 (añcāmi Text, v.l. aññāmi). Añchati should also be read at Ja I 417 for udakaṃ añcanti (in explanation of udañcanī pulling the water up from a well, q.v.), where it corresponds to udakaṃ ākkaḍḍhati in the same sentence.
stretc.hes; pulls, drags, turns (on a lathe)
(pr, pr) turns; cuts (on a lathe) Construction: añcha + ti