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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
lance
n 1: a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon [syn: spear,
lance, shaft]
2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching
fish [syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance]
3: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for
punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet, lance]
v 1: move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced
towards the shore"
2: pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
3: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lance \Lance\ (l[a^]ns), n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea;
cf. Gr. lo`gchh. Cf. Launch.]
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.
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A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak.
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2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the
mold in casting a shell.
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4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece
of ordnance and forces it home.
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5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with
combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a
figure.
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6. (Med.) A lancet.
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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 freelance, n. and a., and 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lance \Lance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lancing.]
1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
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Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced
Her back. --Dryden.
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2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or
an abscess.
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3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
LANCE
LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN)
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
LANCE
Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet.
The alternative name for the Am7990 integrated circuit used
in a Filtabyte Ethernet controller card.
(1995-02-15)
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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