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1.NounA weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
2.NounA wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
3.NounA spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
4.NounA soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
5.NounAn instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
6.NounA small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
7.NounOne of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
8.NounA lancet.
9.NounA piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
10.VerbTo pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
11.VerbTo open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce."to lance a vein or an abscess"
12.VerbTo throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
13.Verbto steal or swipe"He lanced my drink and spiked it!"
14.VerbTo move suddenly and quickly.