Lance(n.) 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.
Lance(n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
Lance(n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Lance(n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
Lance(n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Lance(v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Lance(v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
Lance(v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
Lanced(imp. & p. p.) of Lance
Lancely(a.) Like a lance.
Lancing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lance
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