lance

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Synonyms: glance, lace, dance, lane, lande, nance, hance, lange, elance, -ance, lanch

Antonyms: glance, lace, dance, lane, lande, nance, hance, lange, elance, -ance, lanch

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Noun

1. A [[weapon]] of [[war]], [[consist]]ing of a long [[shaft]] or [[handle]] and a [[steel]] [[blade]] or [[head]]; a [[spear]] carried by [[horsemen]].
2. A [[wooden]] spear, sometimes [[hollow]], used in [[joust]]ing or [[tilt]]ing, [[design]]ed to [[shatter]] on [[impact]] with the [[opposing]] [[knight]]’s [[armour]].
3. A [[whaling]] [[implement]] consisting of a long wooden [[shaft]] with a projecting iron [[shank]] tipped with a broad, leaf-shaped cutting [[blade]], used to [[kill]] [[harpoon]]ed whales by repeated [[thrust]]s.
4. {{lb|en|military}} A [[soldier]] [[arm]]ed with a lance; a [[lancer]].
5. {{lb|en|military}} An [[instrument]] which [[convey]]s the [[charge]] of a piece of [[ordnance]] and [[force]]s it [[home]].
6. {{lb|en|metallurgy}} A small [[iron]] [[rod]] which [[suspend]]s the [[core]] of the [[mold]] in [[cast]]ing a [[shell]].
7. {{lb|en|pyrotechnics}} One of the small [[paper]] [[case]]s [[fill]]ed with [[combustible]] [[composition]], which [[mark]] the [[outline]]s of a [[figure]].
8. {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[lancet]].
9. A piece in the game of [[shogi]] that can move directly forward any number of squares.

Verb

1. To [[pierce]] with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
2. {{lb|en|medicine}} To [[open]] with a [[lancet]]; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to [[pierce]].
3. To [[throw]] in the [[manner]] of a lance; to [[lanch]].
4. {{lb|en|informal}} To [[steal]] or [[swipe]].
5. To move suddenly and quickly.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=patronymics}}.
2. {{given name|en|male|from=Germanic languages}}; by folk etymology associated with a [[lance]].

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