Lance ¹

Definition: 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 ²

Definition: A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

Lance ³

Definition: A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

Lance ⁴

Definition: An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

Lance ⁵

Definition: One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

Lance ⁶

Definition: To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

Lance ⁷

Definition: To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

Lance ⁸

Definition: To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

lance ⁹

Definition: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

lance ¹⁰

Definition: a long pointed rod used as a weapon

lance ¹¹

Definition: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

lance ¹²

Definition: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"

lance ¹³

Definition: pierce with a lance, as in a knights'' fight

lance ¹⁴

Definition: move quickly, as if by cutting one''s way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"