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proper noun
- A surname.
- (given name, male), pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance.
Etymology: The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the Germanic element land "land".
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noun
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene III, line 15.
- :Thy brother"s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, broach, Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's ...
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65.
- :The head of the was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the w:Bayeux Tapestry, Bayeux Tapestry.
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight"s armour.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act III, Scene II, line 49.
- : What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?
- A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- (context, Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (context, Pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Translations: - German: Sprenggeschoss(de, Harpune, f}} mit {{t+, de)n
verb (lanc, ing)
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.
- To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
- To throw in the manner of a lance; Lanch.
Etymology: From French, lance.
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