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A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
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A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
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A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
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A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
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(founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
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One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
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A lancet.
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To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
“Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.”
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To open with a lancet; to pierce
“to lance a vein or an abscess”
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To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
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Sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
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A balance.
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