 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lance
noun
1: a long pointed rod used as a weapon [syn: {spear}, {shaft}]
2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching
fish [syn: {spear}, {gig}, {fizgig}, {fishgig}]
3: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for
punctures and small incisions [syn: {lancet}]
verb
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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lance \Lance\ (l[a^]ns), noun [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.
A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak.
2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the
mold in casting a shell.
4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece
of ordnance and forces it home.
5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with
combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a
figure.
6. (Med.) A lancet.
[PJC]
{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}, noun 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lance \Lance\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Lanced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lancing}.]
1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced
Her back. --Dryden.
2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or
an abscess.
3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See {Lanch}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "lance":
amputate, assegai, auger, ax, bayonet, bisect, bite, bore, bowl,
broach, butcher, carve, cast, catapult, chop, chuck, chunk, cleave,
countersink, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, dagger, dart,
dash, dichotomize, dirk, dissever, drill, empierce, excise, fire,
fissure, fix, fling, flip, fork, gash, gore, gouge, gouge out,
hack, halve, heave, hew, hole, honeycomb, hurl, hurtle, impale,
incise, javelin, jerk, jigsaw, knife, lancet, launch, let fly, lob,
needle, open, pare, pass, peg, pelt, penetrate, perforate, pierce,
pike, pink, pitch, pitchfork, plunge in, poniard, prick, prune,
punch, puncture, put, put the shot, ream, ream out, rend, riddle,
rive, run through, saber, saw, scissor, serve, sever, shy, skewer,
slash, slice, sling, slit, snap, snip, spear, spike, spit, split,
stab, stick, stiletto, sunder, sword, tap, tear, throw, tilt, toss,
transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, whittle
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
LANCE
LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN)
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