[lance] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L lancea] (14c) 1: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
2: any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: as a: lancet b: a spear used for killing whales or fish
3: lancer 1b
[2]lance vb lanced ; lanc.ing [ME launcen, fr. MF lancer, fr. LL lanceare, fr. L lancea] vt (14c) 1 a: to pierce with or as if with a lance b: to open with or as if with a lancet "~ a boil"
2: to throw forward: hurl ~ vi: to move forward quickly