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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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a.
Like a lance.
a.
Lanceolate.
n.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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.
n.
A lancet.
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Alt. of Lancegaye
a.
Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
a.
Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.
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.
n.
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.
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.
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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n.
A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.
n.
An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.
v. t.
To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
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Alt. of Lanceolated
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Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
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