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Webster 1913 Edition
Lance
1.
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
A braver soldier never couched
lance
. Shakespeare
2.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
3.
(Founding)
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
4.
(Mil.)
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
5.
(Pyrotech.)
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Free lance
, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. See also and , and
– freelance
, Noun.
Adj.
freelancer
. Lance bucket
(Cavalry)
, a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.
– Lance corporal
, same as
– Lancepesade
. Lance knight
, a lansquenet.
B. Jonson.
– Lance snake
(Zool.)
, the fer-de-lance.
– Stink-fire lance
(Mil.)
, a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; – used in the counter operations of miners.
– To break a lance
, to engage in a tilt or contest.
Lance
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lanced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lancing
.] 1.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Seized the due victim, and with fury
Her back.
lanced
Her back.
Dryden.
2.
To open with a lancet; to pierce;
as, to
. lance
a vein or an abscess3.
To throw in the manner of a lance. See
Lanch
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lance
LANCE
,Noun.
A spear, an offensive weapon in form of a half pike, used by the ancients and thrown by the hand. It consisted of the shaft or handle, the wings and the dart.
LANCE
, v.t.1.
To pierce with a lance or with a sharp pointed instrument.- Seized the due victim, and with fury lanc'd her back.
2.
To pierce or cut; to open with a lancet; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.Definition 2024
Lance
Lance
English
Proper noun
Lance
- A patronymic surname.
- A male given name, pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance.
Anagrams
lance
lance
English
Lance shape of an Egyptian bronze spear from Banha, 2nd millennium BC
Jousters with broken lances.
Noun
lance (plural lances)
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene III, line 15.
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65.
- The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry.
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- (founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- (medicine) A lancet.
Derived terms
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Translations
weapon of war
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wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting
spear or harpoon used by whalers
(military) soldier armed with a lance
(military) instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordinance
(founding) a small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell
(pyrotechnics) one of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure
Verb
lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced)
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.
- To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
Translations
to pierce with a lance
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Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lance.
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin lancea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑ̃s/
Noun
lance f (plural lances)
Derived terms
Verb
lance
- first-person singular present indicative of lancer
- third-person singular present indicative of lancer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of lancer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of lancer
- second-person singular imperative of lancer
Derived terms
- lance-roquette
- relance (form of verb relancer)
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
Noun
lance f (oblique plural lances, nominative singular lance, nominative plural lances)
- lance (weapon)
Descendants
Portuguese
Noun
lance m (plural lances)
- throw (act of throwing something)
- bid (offer at an auction)
- (sports) a series of actions carried out during a game
- (informal) thing (only used for non-physical things)
- flight (series of stairs between landings)
Synonyms
- (throw): arremesso, jogada, lançamento
- (bid): lanço
- (series of actions during a game): jogada
Verb
lance
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of lançar
- É importante que eu lance isso.
- It’s important that I throw this.
- É importante que eu lance isso.
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of lançar
- É importante que ele lance isso.
- It’s important that he throws this.
- É importante que ele lance isso.
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of lançar
- Você aí, lance isso sozinho.
- You there, throw this by yourself.
- Você aí, lance isso sozinho.
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of lançar
- Você aí, não lance isso sozinho.
- You there, don’t throw this by yourself.
- Você aí, não lance isso sozinho.