The Meaning of lance

• (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.

Synonyms

spear , shaft , spear , gig , fizgig , fishgig , lancet

Rhymes

advance , anse , askance , chance , circumstance , crance , dance , enhance , expanse , finance , france , freelance , glance , hance , hanse , happenstance , lafrance , mance , manse , nance , perchance , pomerance , pomeranz , prance , rance , refinance , romance , schanz , schranz , stance , trance , underfinance , vance