| Definitions of 'Lance' |
Wordnet |
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1. (noun) spear, lance, shaft
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
2. (noun) spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
3. (verb) lancet, lance
a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
4. (verb) lance
move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
"Planes lanced towards the shore"
5. (verb) lance
pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
6. (verb) lance
open by piercing with a lancet
"lance a boil"
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| Definitions of 'Lance' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Lance
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
2. (noun) Lance
a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer
3. (noun) Lance
a small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell
4. (noun) Lance
an instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home
5. (noun) Lance
one of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure
6. (verb) Lance
to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon
7. (verb) Lance
to open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess
8. (verb) Lance
to throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch
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