Definition for LANCE

LANCE, v.t. [Arm. lançza, to shoot, to vomit.]

  1. To pierce with a lance or with a sharp pointed instrument. Seized the due victim, and with fury lanc'd / Her back. – Dryden.
  2. To pierce or cut; to open with a lancet; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

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