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May 26, 2012
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lance



Pronunciation: (lans, läns), [key]
—n., v., lanced, lanc•ing.

—n.
1. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
2. a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer.
3. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
4. (cap.) Mil.a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.
5. a lancet.
6. See oxygen lance.
7. Mach.
a. a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam.
b. a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.

—v.t.
1. to open with or as if with a lancet.
2. to pierce with a lance.
3. to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.

Lance



Pronunciation: (lans), [key]
—n.
a male given name.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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