KJV Dictionary - lance
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LANCE
LANCE, n. l'ans. L. lancea; Gr.
A spear, an offensive weapon in form of a half pike, used by the ancients and thrown by the hand. It consisted of the shaft or handle, the wings and the dart.
LANCE, v.t.
1. To pierce with a lance or with a sharp pointed instrument.
- Seized the due victim, and with fury lanc'd her back.
2. To pierce or cut; to open with a lancet; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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