Definitions for lancelæns, lɑns

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

lancelæns, lɑns(n.; v.)lanced, lanc•ing.

  1. (n.)a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head used esp. by a knight as a weapon in charging.

    Category: Military

  2. Category: Military

    Ref: lancer

  3. an implement resembling a lance, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.

    Category: Military

  4. lancet (def. 1).

  5. (v.t.)to open with or as if with a lancet.

  6. to pierce with or as if with a lance.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of lance:

1250–1300; ME launce < OF lance < L lancea (perh. < Celtic)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. spear, lance, shaft(noun)

    a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

  2. spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance(noun)

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

  3. lancet, lance(verb)

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

  4. lance(verb)

    move quickly, as if by cutting one's way

    "Planes lanced towards the shore"

  5. lance(verb)

    pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight

  6. lance(verb)

    open by piercing with a lancet

    "lance a boil"

Wiktionary

  1. lance(Noun)

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

  2. lance(Noun)

    A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knightu2019s armour.

  3. lance(Noun)

    A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

  4. lance(Noun)

    A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

  5. lance(Noun)

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

  6. lance(Noun)

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

  7. lance(Noun)

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

  8. lance(Noun)

    A lancet.

  9. lance(Verb)

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

    Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.

  10. lance(Verb)

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

  11. lance(Verb)

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

  12. Lance(ProperNoun)

    , pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance.

  13. Origin: The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the element land "land".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lance(noun)

    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. Lance(noun)

    a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer

  3. Lance(noun)

    a small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell

  4. Lance(noun)

    an instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home

  5. Lance(noun)

    one of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure

  6. Lance(verb)

    to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon

  7. Lance(verb)

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

  8. Lance(verb)

    to throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch


Translations for lance

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

lance(noun)

a weapon of former times with a long shaft or handle of wood, a spearhead and often a small flag.

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