I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lance corporal
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances.
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The lance is represented by a nerve which has every likeness to the shape of that instrument.
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The impact of this slavering beast on an enemy formation is just as effective as that of a Knight with a lance .
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The two settled their lances, rode at each other, and the pagan knight was slain.
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Then he thrust his lance into the vulnerable spot and killed the warrior.
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They are armoured in shining silver and armed with white lances with diamond-hard tips which glitter like stars.
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Undesirable removal of lubricants may occur in machinery and hazards may arise in the use of steam lances.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A doctor carefully lanced the boil.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even in my mind I found it extremely unwieldy trying to lance one - let alone 100,000 - from a charging steed.
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He was then lanced with a spear before his trial got under way, by the order of Emperor Maximilian.
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I wince myself, lanced with regret at the foolish vanity that led me to mention this prospect.
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Owners ask why abscesses can not be lanced early to help relieve pressure.
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Salina arrived at the clinic with a grossly swollen foot which had to be lanced on the spot.
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Then his arm was bathed and the wound was lanced with a knife and bathed again.