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lance

20 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) lance (noun)
  2. 2) lance (verb)
  3. lance bucket (noun)
  4. lance corporal (noun)
  5. lance head (noun)
  6. lance-jack (noun)
  7. lance-knight (noun)
  8. lance-linear (adjective)
  9. lance-oblong (adjective)
  10. lance sergeant (noun)
  11. lance snake (noun)
  12. air lance (noun)
  13. air-lance (verb)
  14. bomb lance (noun)
  15. fer-de-lance (noun)
  16. ice lance (noun)
  17. oxygen lance (noun)
  18. sand lance (noun)
  19. freelance (noun)
  20. sand launce (noun)

1lance

noun \ˈlan(t)s\

Definition of LANCE

1
: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
2
: any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: as a : lancet b : a spear used for killing whales or fish
3
: lancer 1b
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Examples of LANCE

  1. <the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse>

Origin of LANCE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lancea
First Known Use: 14th century

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