Lance

[lɑːns] or [læns]

Definition

(verb.) open by piercing with a lancet; 'lance a boil'.

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

(verb.) move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; 'Planes lanced towards the shore'.

Typed by Ferris--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

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

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

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

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

(v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

(v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

(v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Checker: Wendy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Spear, javelin.

v. a. [1]. Hurl, throw, launch, dart, send, fling, toss, pitch, jaculate, let fly.[2]. Pierce, cut with a lancet.

Edited by Carlos

Definition

n. (Spens.) balance poise.

n. a long shaft of wood with a spear-head and bearing a small flag: the bearer of a lance.—v.t. to pierce with a lance: to open with a lancet.—ns. Lance′-cor′poral a private soldier doing the duties of a corporal; Lance′let (see Amphioxus); Lan′cer a light cavalry soldier armed with a lance: (pl.) a popular set of quadrilles first in England about 1820: the music for such; Lance′-wood a wood valuable for its strength and elasticity brought chiefly from Jamaica Guiana &c.—adjs. Lancif′erous bearing a lance; Lan′ciform lance-shaped.

Typist: Virginia

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of a lance, denotes formidable enemies and injurious experiments. To be wounded by a lance, error of judgment will cause you annoyance. To break a lance, denotes seeming impossibilities will be overcome and your desires will be fulfilled.

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Examples

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