Definition of lances in English

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Verb lances, lancing, lanced
lance - open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
		open up, open talk freely and without inhibition
lance - pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
		pierce, thrust make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"
lance - move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"
		locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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lance (Noun)
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
lance (Noun)
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
lance (Noun)
A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
lance (Noun)
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
lance (Noun)
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
lance (Noun)
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
lance (Noun)
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
lance (Noun)
A lancet.
lance (Verb)
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
lance (Verb)
To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
lance (Verb)
To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

lance (n.)
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.
lance (n.)
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
lance (n.)
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
lance (n.)
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
lance (n.)
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
lance (v. t.)
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
lance (v. t.)
To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
lance (v. t.)
To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

lance
lans, n. (Spens.) balance, poise. [L. lanx, lancis, a dish or scale.]
lance
lans, n. a long shaft of wood, with a spear-head, and bearing a small flag: the bearer of a lance.—v.t. to pierce with a lance: to open with a lancet.—ns. Lance′-cor′poral, a private soldier doing the duties of a corporal; Lance′let (see Amphioxus); Lan′cer, a light cavalry soldier armed with a lance: (pl.) a popular set of quadrilles, first in England about 1820: the music for such; Lance′-wood, a wood valuable for its strength and elasticity, brought chiefly from Jamaica, Guiana, &c.—adjs. Lancif′erous, bearing a lance; Lan′ciform, lance-shaped. [Fr.,—L. lancea; Gr. longchē, a lance.]

lance
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle, and metal point, now usually adorned with a small flag, and generally used by horsemen to transfix an enemy, but formerly used sometimes as a javelin. This offensive weapon was much used by the French in former times, particularly by that class of military gentlemen called chevaliers, and by the gendarmes. Before the reign of Philip de Valois, the chevaliers and gendarmes fought on foot, armed with lances only, both in battles and at sieges. On these occasions they shortened their lances, which were then said to be retaillees, or cut again.
lance
(Fr.). Means likewise an iron rod which is fixed across the earthen mold of a shell, and which keeps it suspended in the air when it is cast. As soon as the shell is formed, this rod must be broken, and carefully taken out with instruments made for that purpose. Shells ought to be scrupulously examined with respect to this article, as they could not be charged were the lance or any part of it to remain within. This is also the name of an instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home to the bore.
lance
A soldier armed with a spear; a lancer.
lance
To pierce with a lance, or any similar weapon; to throw in the manner of a lance. See LANCH.