How to pronounce“lance”in English
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Definitions of “lance”
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
“Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance[…]”
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
“What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?”
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
“Seiz'd the due Victim, and with Fury lanch'd Her Back”
To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce.
“to lance a vein or an abscess”