[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lance \lance\ la^ns, n. oe. lance, f. lance, fr. l. lancea;
   cf. gr. lo`gchh. cf. launch.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            a braver soldier never couched lance. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
      1913 webster

   3. founding a small iron rod which suspends the core of the
      mold in casting a shell.
      1913 webster

   4. mil. an instrument which conveys the charge of a piece
      of ordnance and forces it home.
      1913 webster

   5. pyrotech. one of the small paper cases filled with
      combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a
      figure.
      1913 webster

   6. med. a lancet.
      pjc

   free lance, in the middle ages, and subsequently, a knight
      or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or
      commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who
      assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility
      without regard to party lines or deference to authority.
      see also freelance, n. and a., and freelancer.

   lance bucket cavalry, a socket attached to a saddle or
      stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.

   lance corporal, same as lancepesade.

   lance knight, a lansquenet. --b. jonson.

   lance snake zool., the fer-de-lance.

   stink-fire lance mil., a kind of fuse filled with a
      composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used
      in the counter operations of miners.

   to break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest.
      1913 webster
see also:
launch free lance freelance freelancer lance bucket lance corporal 
lancepesade lance knight lance snake stink-fire lance to break a lance 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lance \lance\, v. t. imp.  p. p. lanced; p. pr.  vb. n.
   lancing.
   1. to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
      1913 webster

            seized the due victim, and with fury lanced
            her back.                             --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or
      an abscess.
      1913 webster

   3. to throw in the manner of a lance. see lanch.
      1913 webster
see also:
lanced lancing lanch 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lance
     n 1: a long pointed rod used as a weapon syn: spear, shaft
     2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching
        fish syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig
     3: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for
        punctures and small incisions syn: lancet
     v 1: move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "planes lanced
          towards the shore"
     2: pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
     3: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
see also:
spear shaft gig fizgig fishgig lancet 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

119 moby thesaurus words for "lance":
   amputate, assegai, auger, ax, bayonet, bisect, bite, bore, bowl,
   broach, butcher, carve, cast, catapult, chop, chuck, chunk, cleave,
   countersink, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, dagger, dart,
   dash, dichotomize, dirk, dissever, drill, empierce, excise, fire,
   fissure, fix, fling, flip, fork, gash, gore, gouge, gouge out,
   hack, halve, heave, hew, hole, honeycomb, hurl, hurtle, impale,
   incise, javelin, jerk, jigsaw, knife, lancet, launch, let fly, lob,
   needle, open, pare, pass, peg, pelt, penetrate, perforate, pierce,
   pike, pink, pitch, pitchfork, plunge in, poniard, prick, prune,
   punch, puncture, put, put the shot, ream, ream out, rend, riddle,
   rive, run through, saber, saw, scissor, serve, sever, shy, skewer,
   slash, slice, sling, slit, snap, snip, spear, spike, spit, split,
   stab, stick, stiletto, sunder, sword, tap, tear, throw, tilt, toss,
   transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, whittle

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

lance
     lan controller for ethernet lan
     
     

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

lance
     
        local area network controller for ethernet.
     
        the alternative name for the am7990 integrated circuit used
        in a filtabyte ethernet controller card.
     
        1995-02-15
     
     
see also:
integrated circuit filtabyte ethernet 

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