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Word: Lance
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun)
lɑːns
a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging
Short Definition:long weapon
Examples:- the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel
a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.
Short Definition:pipe supplying jet of oxygen
a rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid.
Short Definition:rigid tube end of hose
Word: Lance
Speech Type: Verb
lɑːns
prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument
Short Definition:prick abscess with lancet
Examples:- abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre
- he made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption
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