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lance(2) (iou) and Ripsaw (medicine)


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.

Ripsaw (medicine)


ripsaw


A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fibre.

Synonym: ripping saw.

See: Rip, 4.

Source: Websters Dictionary