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lance
lance / lans/ • n. hist. a long weapon for thrusting, having a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, used by a horseman in charging. ∎ a similar weapon used in hunting fish or whales. ∎ another term for lancer (sense 1). ∎ [usu. with adj.] a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to a hot flame for cutting. ∎ a rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid. • v. [tr.] Med. prick or cut open with a lancet or other sharp instrument: abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the center fig. the governor made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption. ∎ pierce with or as if with a lance: the teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter. ∎ [intr.] move suddenly and quickly: pain lanced through her. ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun). |
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"lance." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "lance." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-lance.html "lance." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-lance.html |
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Lance ♂ Old French form of the Germanic personal name Lanzo, a short form of various compound names beginning with land ‘land, territory’ (compare Lambert), but associated from an early date with Old French lance ‘lance’ (the weapon, from Latin lancea). The modern use as a given name most probably arose as a transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval given name, although it is also commonly taken as a short form of Lancelot.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Lance." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Lance." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Lance.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Lance." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Lance.html |
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lance sb. XIII. —(O)F. :- L. lancea, of alien orig. Lance corporal (XVIII) was based on synon. †lancepesade— F. †lancespessade— It. lancia spezzata lit. ‘broken lance’; lance sergeant (XIX) was analogical.
So lance vb. fling, hurl; (dial.) spring, bound; pierce, make incision in XIV. —(O)F. lancer, †-ier. lancer soldier armed with a lance. XVI. — F. lancier. |
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T. F. HOAD. "lance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "lance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lance.html T. F. HOAD. "lance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lance.html |
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lance a lance is the emblem of St Jude, St Thomas the Apostle, St Gereon, a 4th-century martyr of Cologne, and St Maurice.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "lance." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "lance." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-lance.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "lance." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-lance.html |
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lance n. a long weapon for thrusting, having a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, used by a horseman in charging.
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"lance." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "lance." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-lance.html "lance." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-lance.html |
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Lance a surface-to-surface, short-range guided missile with nuclear and nonnuclear capability, used widely by NATO countries.
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"Lance." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lance." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Lance.html "Lance." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Lance.html |
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lance (liturgical). In Byzantine rites, a small knife used to cut the Eucharistic bread at the Proskomide.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "lance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "lance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-lance.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "lance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-lance.html |
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lance see spear . |
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"lance." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "lance." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-lance.html "lance." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-lance.html |
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lance •askance, expanse, finance, Hans, Hanse, manse, nance, Penzance, Romance
•underpants • happenstance
•advance, Afrikaans, à outrance, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, glance, lance, mischance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance
•nuance • tap-dance • square dance
•freelance • convenance
•cense, commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence
•ring-fence • recompense
•frankincense
•chintz, convince, evince, Linz, mince, Port-au-Prince, prince, quince, rinse, since, Vince, wince
•province
•bonce, ensconce, nonce, ponce, response, sconce
•séance • pièce de résistance
•announce, bounce, denounce, flounce, fluid ounce, jounce, mispronounce, ounce, pounce, pronounce, renounce, trounce
•dunce, once
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"lance." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "lance." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-lance.html "lance." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-lance.html |
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