Definition of: lance

(lans, läns) noun
1. A long shaft with a spearhead, used as a thrusting weapon; any long, slender spear, or something resembling one.
2. A lancet.
3. A thrust with a lance or lancet.
4. One who uses a lance; lancer.
5. In pyrotechnics, a small paper case for white or colored fire.
6. A whaler's spear for killing the whale after its capture with the harpoon and line.
—v.t. lanced, lanc·ing
1. To pierce with a lance.
2. To cut or open with a lancet. [<OF <L lancea a light spear <Celtic]