lance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lance	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for lance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lance n a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon [syn: spear, lance, shaft] an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish Synonym(s): spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions Synonym(s): lancet, lance v move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore" pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lance \Lance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lancing}.] 1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. --Dryden. 2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess. 3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See {Lanch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. [?]. 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. A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. {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. {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} (Zo[94]l.), 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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)