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noun
1.
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
2.
a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer.
3.
an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
4.
(initial capital letter) Military. a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 miles (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.
5.
EXPANDa lancet.
verb (used with object)
8.
to open with or as if with a lancet.
9.
to pierce with a lance.
10.
to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English launce < Old French lance < Latin lancea (perhaps < Celtic)
1250–1300; Middle English launce < Old French lance < Latin lancea (perhaps < Celtic)
Related forms
lance·like, adjective
un·lanced, adjective
Example Sentences
- Each will get a handler, probably a lance corporal, who will care for it and give it a name.
- One takes the lance in the hand as a pen, and the perforation of the sclera can be felt.
- It is put on the inoculation lance which is used to make long, shallow cuts on the belly of a calf.
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noun
a male given name.
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| lance (lɑːns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a long weapon with a pointed head used by horsemen to unhorse or injure an opponent |
| 2. | a similar weapon used for hunting, whaling, etc |
| 3. | surgery another name for lancet |
| 4. | See sand eel the sand lance |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to pierce (an abscess or boil) with a lancet to drain off pus |
| 6. | to pierce with or as if with a lance |
| [C13 launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea] | |
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Word Origin & History
lance
late 13c., from O.Fr. lance, from L. lancea "light spear" (It. lancia, Sp. lanza, Ger. Lanze), possibly of Celt-Iberian origin. The verb meaning "to pierce with a lance" is from c.1300; the surgical sense (properly with ref. to a lancet) is from late 15c. Lance corporal (1786)
EXPANDis from obsolete lancepesade "officer of lowest rank" (1570s), from O.It. lancia spezzata "old soldier," lit. "broken lance."
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Medical Dictionary
lance (lāns)
n.
See lancet. v. lanced, lanc·ing, lanc·es
To make an incision in, as with a lancet.
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Computing Dictionary
LANCE definition
Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet.
The alternative name for the Am7990 integrated circuit used in a Filtabyte Ethernet controller card.
(1995-02-15)
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Encyclopedia
lance
spear used by cavalry for mounted combat. It usually consisted of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal point. Its employment can be traced to the ancient Assyrians and Egyptians, and it was widely used by the Greeks and Romans, despite their lack of the stirrup, which did not appear until the 6th century AD
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