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Lance

//lɑːns// name, noun, verb, slang

Proper Noun

1
A surname originating as a patronymic.
2
A male given name from the Germanic languages; by folk etymology associated with a lance.; A diminutive of the male given name Lancelot.
3
A male given name from the Germanic languages; by folk etymology associated with a lance.; A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun

1
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
"Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance[…]"
2
a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions wordnet
3
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
"What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?"
4
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon wordnet
5
A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

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6
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish wordnet
7
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
8
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
9
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
10
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
11
A lancet.
12
A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.

Verb

1
Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
2
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
"Seiz'd the due Victim, and with Fury lanch'd Her Back"
3
open by piercing with a lancet wordnet
4
Pierce with or as if with a lance.
5
To open with a lancet; to pierce.
"to lance a vein or an abscess"

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Etymology 1

From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Etymology 2

From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Etymology 3

From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Etymology 4

The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the Germanic element *land; see land. Doublet of Lanzo.

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