lancing

Variant of lance

lance definition

lance (lans, läns)

noun

  1. a thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal spearhead
  2. lancer
  3. any sharp instrument resembling a lance, as a fish spear
  4. a surgical lancet

Etymology: OFr < L lancea, light spear, lance, orig. Spanish lance < Celt

transitive verb lanced, lancing lanc′·ing

  1. to attack or pierce with or as with a lance
  2. to cut open (a boil, etc.) with or as with a lancet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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