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lance

1  [lans, lahns] noun, verb, lanced, lanc⋅ing.
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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 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.
5. a lancet.
6. oxygen lance.
7. Machinery.
a. a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam.
b. a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.
–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME launce < OF lance < L lancea (perh. < Celtic)

Related forms:
lancelike, adjective
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lance   (lāns)   
n.  
    1. A thrusting weapon with a long wooden shaft and a sharp metal head.
    2. A similar implement for spearing fish.
  2. A cavalry lancer.
  3. Medicine See lancet.
tr.v.   lanced, lanc·ing, lanc·es
  1. To pierce with a lance.
  2. Medicine To make a surgical incision in; cut into: lance a boil.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin lancea, probably of Celtic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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