LAUNCE

Etymology 1

Noun

launce (plural launces)

Obsolete form of lance.

sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae

Verb

launce (third-person singular simple present launces, present participle launcing, simple past and past participle launced)

Obsolete form of lance.

Etymology 2

Noun

launce (plural launces)

(obsolete) A balance.

Anagrams

• Lucena, auncel, cuneal, lacune, unlace

Source: Wiktionary

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Launce, n.

Definition: A lance. [Obs.]

Launce, n. Etym: [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. Balance.]

Definition: A balance. [Obs.] Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser.

Launce, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Lant, the fish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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