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lances definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
n. A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
n. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
n. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
v. t. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
v. t. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
v. t. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Crossword clues for lances

- Cavalry spear
- Cavalry weapon
- Cyclist Armstrong gets puncture
- Horseman’s spear
- Impale
- Jousting weapon
- Knight's weapon
- Knight’s spear
- Long shafted weapon
- Long spear
- Old jousting weapon
- Olden weapon
- Plenty removed from Lancelot’s weapon
- Prefix that lowers ranking of corporal
- Prick (boil)
- Sharp weapon
- Spear
- Surgically cut
- Weapon featured in Venezuelan ceremonies
- Whaler's spear
- Neanderthal ancestors used spears
- Thrusting weapons