Lancing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

"Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden."

2.verbTo open with a lancet; to pierce

"to lance a vein or an abscess"

3.verbTo throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

4.nounThe act by which something is lanced.

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