LANCE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~a Date: 14th century a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry, any of various sharp objects suggestive of a ~: as, ~t , a spear used for killing whales or fish, ~r 1b, II. verb (~d; lancing) Etymology: Middle English launcen, from Anglo-French ~r, from Late Latin ~are, from Latin ~a Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to pierce with or as if with a ~, to open with or as if with a ~t , to throw forward ; hurl , intransitive verb to move forward quickly