See also Lance
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Pronunciation[]
- (RP) enPR: läns, IPA: /lɑːns/, SAMPA: /lA:ns/
- (US) enPR: lăns, IPA: /læns/, SAMPA: /l{ns/
Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːns
Etymology[]
From Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
Noun[]
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Lance ({{{1}}})
- 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.
- Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance...
- 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.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene III, line 15.
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act III, Scene II, line 49.
- What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act III, Scene II, line 49.
- A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- Template:Military A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- Template: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.
- Template:Medical A lancet.
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Translations[]
weapon of war
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wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting
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spear or harpoon used by whalers
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(military) soldier armed with a lance
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(military) instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordinance
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(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
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to Lance (third-person singular simple present lanc, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- 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.
See also[]
- javelin
- pike
- spear
Anagrams[]
- aceln,
- clean
Anglo-Norman[]
Etymology[]
From Latin lancea
Noun[]
Template:Xno-noun-f
- lance (large weapon)
French[]
Etymology[]
From Latin lancea.
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: /lɑ̃s/
Noun[]
Lance f. (plural Lances)
- A spear, lance.
- Template:Military A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- A hose.
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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.
Related terms[]
- lancement
- lancer
- lancier
Italian[]
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lance f. pl.
- Plural form of lancia.
Old French[]
Etymology[]
From Latin lancea
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- lance (large weapon)
Spanish[]
Verb[]
Lance (infinitive lanzar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lanzar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lanzar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of lanzar.
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