LANCE


Meaning of LANCE in English

lance 1

— lancelike , adj.

/lans, lahns/ , n. , v. , lanced, lancing .

n.

1. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.

2. a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer.

3. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.

4. ( cap. ) Mil. a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.

5. a lancet.

6. See oxygen lance .

7. Mach.

a. a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam.

b. a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.

v.t.

8. to open with or as if with a lancet.

9. to pierce with a lance.

10. to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.

[ 1250-1300; ME launce lance lancea (perh. ]

lance 2

/lans, lahns/ , n.

See sand lance .

[ perh. special use of LANCE 1 , from its shape ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .