Lance

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 Transitive verb 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb form 2.3 Related terms 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb form

English

Etymology

Latin lancea

Pronunciation

• RP: läns, /lɑːns/, /lA:ns/
• (US): lăns, /læns/, /l{ns/

Noun

lance (plural lances)

1. (Weapon) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

   Quotations

   • 1590: Thy brother's blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance... — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene III, line 15.
   • 1909: The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry. — Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65.

2. (Weapon) A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight's armour.

   Quotations

   • 1591: What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair? — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act III, Scene II, line 49.

3. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
4. (Military)A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
5. (Military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
6. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
7. (Pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

Translations

• Catalan llança f
• Chinese: 長矛, 长矛 (changmao)
• Dutch: lans de
• Finnish: peitsi
• French: lance f
• German: Lanze f
• Greek: λόγχη f
• Italian: lancia f
• Japanese: 槍 (やり yari)
• Korean: ì°½ (chang)
• Latin: lancea f
• Spanish: lanza f

Derived terms

• free lance
• lance bucket (cavalry)
• lance corporal
• lance fish (zoology)
• lance knight
• lance sergeant
• lancer
• lance snake (zoology)
• stink-fire lance (military)

Related terms

• lancet

Transitive verb

to lance (lances, lanced, 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; Lanch.

See also

• Wikipedia article on lances
• javelin
• spear

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French

Noun

lance f

1. spear, lance

Verb form

lance

1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of lancer
2. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of lancer
3. second-person singular imperative of lancer

Related terms

• lancement
• lancer
• lancier

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Italian

Noun

lance f plural

1. plural of lancia

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Spanish

Verb form

lance

1. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of lanzar
2. third-person singular imperative of lanzares:lance

fr:lance gl:lance io:lance it:lance zh:lance