LANCE

lancet, lance

(noun) a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

spear, lance, shaft

(noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance

(noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

lance

(verb) open by piercing with a lancet; “lance a boil”

lance

(verb) pierce with a lance, as in a knights’ fight

lance

(verb) move quickly, as if by cutting one’s way; “Planes lanced towards the shore”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Lance

A patronymic surname.

A male given name from Germanic languages, pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance.

Anagrams

• Calne, Lenca, ancle, clane, clean

Etymology

Noun

lance (plural lances)

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.

(fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

(military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

(military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

(founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

(pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

(medicine) A lancet.

Verb

lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced)

To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

To open with a lancet; to pierce

To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

Anagrams

• Calne, Lenca, ancle, clane, clean

Source: Wiktionary

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Lance, n. Etym: [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. Launch.]

1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. Shak.

2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

3. (Founding)

Definition: A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

4. (Mil.)

Definition: An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

5. (Pyrotech.)

Definition: One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority.

– Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.

– Lance corporal, same as Lancepesade.

– Lance knight, a lansquenet. B. Jonson.

– Lance snake (Zoöl.), the fer-de-lance.

– Stink-fire lance (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest.

Lance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanced (; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancing.]

1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.

2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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