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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: lance (0.01435 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to lance.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: lance tombak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lance lance v 1: move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; “Planes lanced towards the shore” 2: pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight 3: open by piercing with a lancet; “lance a boil” lance n 1: a long pointed rod used as a weapon [syn: spear, shaft] 2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig] 3: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lance Lance \Lance\ (l[a^]ns), n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. lo`gchh. Cf. Launch.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. [1913 Webster] 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. [1913 Webster] 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. [1913 Webster] 6. (Med.) A lancet. [PJC] Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. See also freelance, n. and a., and freelancer. Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. Lance corporal, same as Lancepesade. Lance knight, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson. Lance snake (Zo["o]l.), the fer-de-lance. Stink-fire lance (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest. [1913 Webster] Lance \Lance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancing.] 1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. [1913 Webster] Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch. [1913 Webster]

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