King James Bible Dictionary

See Javelin; Spear
Javelin; Spear

LANCE, noun l'ans. [Latin lancea; Gr.]

A spear, an offensive weapon in form of a half pike, used by the ancients and thrown by the hand. It consisted of the shaft or handle, the wings and the dart.

LANCE, verb transitive

1. To pierce with a lance or with a sharp pointed instrument.

- Seized the due victim, and with fury lanc'd her back.

2. To pierce or cut; to open with a lancet; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

LANCELY, adjective l'ansly. Suitable to a lance.

LAN'CEOLAR, adjective In botany, tapering towards each end.

LAN'CEOLATE,

LAN'CEOLATED, adjective Shaped like a lance; oblong and gradually tapering toward each extremity; spear-shaped; as a lanceolate leaf.

LANCEPESA'DE, noun An officer under the corporal.

L'ANCER, noun One who lances; one who carries a lance.

This word is found in (1 Kings 18:28) only. The Hebrew term is romach , which is elsewhere rendered, and appears to mean a javelin or light spear. In the original edition of the Authorized Version (1611) the word is "lancers."

L'ANCET, noun

1. A surgical instrument, sharp-pointed and two-edged; used in venesection, and in opening tumors, abscesses, etc.

2. A pointed window.