Definition of lance

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lance    (lns) KEY  

NOUN:

1. 1. A thrusting weapon with a long wooden shaft and a sharp metal head.
   2. A similar implement for spearing fish.
2. A cavalry lancer.
3. Medicine See lancet.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
lanced , lanc·ing , lanc·es

1. To pierce with a lance.
2. Medicine To make a surgical incision in; cut into: lance a boil.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin lancea, probably of Celtic origin

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