noun
- a thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal spearhead
- lancer
- any sharp instrument resembling a lance, as a fish spear
- a surgical lancet
Origin:
OFr < L lancea, light spear, lance, orig. Spanish lance < Celt
transitive verb lanced, lancing
- to attack or pierce with or as with a lance
- to cut open (a boil, etc.) with or as with a lancet