"lance" Definition

Definitions for the word "lance" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
Long spear, esp. One used by a horseman. v. (-cing) 1 prick or cut open with a lancet. 2 pierce with a lance. [french from latin]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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