Lance - English meaning
Lance – definitions in English dictionary
nounA long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging.
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The warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steelnounA metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.
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Five basic processes are involved: oxy fuel gas cutting, metal powder cutting, chemical flux cuttin…nounA rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid.
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This is one of those things where you drop a coin in the slot and then use a brush and a power spra…
verbPrick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument.
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Abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre
nounA long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding horses
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She had a boil lanced at the doctor's this morning.
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Word origin
Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun).
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