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Definition of lance:
(n) :
a weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen; a wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight's armour
(v) :
to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon; to open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess
"seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden."
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Definition of lance:
(n) :
a weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen; a wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight's armour
(v) :
to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon; to open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess
"seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden."