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fer-de-lance(dictionary)
fer-de-lance(encyclopedia)
lance(medicine)
fer-de-lance(medicine)
lance(2)(dictionary)
lance 1, noun(dictionary)
Armstrong, Lance(encyclopedia)
lance 2, verb(dictionary)
lance-knight(dictionary)

lance(2) (iou)



lance verb. [lɑ:ns] ME.
[Old & mod. French lancer, -ier, formed as LANCE noun: cf. LAUNCH verb.]
verb trans. Fling, hurl, launch, throw (a dart, fire, a look, etc.); shoot out (the tongue); put forth (blossoms). Also foll. by forth, out, up. Now poet. ME.
M. P. Shiel The torpedo-boat lances one of her..needles of steel.
verb intrans.
a. Bound, move quickly, rush. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
b. (Of leaves or fire) spring, shoot up; (of pain) shoot. LME-M18.
c. Launch, push out. rare. E16.
verb trans. Pierce (as) with a lance; cut, gash; slit, slit open. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
verb trans. Make an incision in (the gums, an abscess, etc.) with a lancet or other sharp instrument. L15.
B. Malamud The surgeon had lanced the sores on his feet. fig.: R. Boyle The Orator..is more sollicitous to tickle their Ears, than..to launce their Consciences.
verb trans. Cut (a hole) or inject (oxygen) by means of an oxygen lance. M20.