lance

lance has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
• n.. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
• n.. A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
• n.. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
• n.. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
• v. t.. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
• v. t.. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
• v. t.. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
• n.. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
• n.. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• n.. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
• v.. open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"