lanced
simple past tense and past participle of lance
• Declan, calend, candle
Source: Wiktionary
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.
РLance snake (Zo̦l.), 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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