noun, verb, lanced, lanc⋅ing.| 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 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead. |
| 5. | a lancet. |
| 6. | oxygen lance. |
| 7. | Machinery.
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| 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. |

lance (lāns) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin lancea, probably of Celtic origin.] |
lance (lāns)
n.
See lancet. v. lanced, lanc·ing, lanc·es
To make an incision in, as with a lancet.
LANCE
Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet.
The alternative name for the Am7990 integrated circuit used in a Filtabyte Ethernet controller card.
(1995-02-15)
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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