Launce
/lɑːns/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete form of lance. alt-of, obsolete
- 2 A balance. obsolete
"Fortune all in equall launce doth sway."
- 3 very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches wordnet
- 4 sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
Verb
- 1 Obsolete form of lance. alt-of, obsolete
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Fortune all in equall launce doth sway."
Etymology
Etymology 1
See lance.
Etymology 2
From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance.