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A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.
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n.
One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.
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Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
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Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
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Lanceolate.
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of Lance
n.
One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
v. t.
To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
n.
An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.
n.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.
v. t.
To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
n.
A lancet.
a.
Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.
v. t.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
v. t.
To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
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Like a lance.
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Alt. of Lanceolated
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Alt. of Lancegaye
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A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
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