"to pierce with a lance," c. 1300, from Old French lancier "to throw forward, hurl, dash; attack with a lance," from Late Latin lanceare "wield a lance; pierce with a lance,&q [..]

late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French lance "spear, lance, lance-length" (12c.), from Latin lancea "light spear, Spanish lance" (Italian lancia, Spanish lanza), a wor [..]

a long spear. The same word also means to cut open a boil so that the fluid can drain away

The long shaft of ash

To dream of a lance, denotes formidable enemies and injurious experiments. To be wounded by a lance, error of judgment will cause you annoyance. To break a lance, denotes seeming impossibilities will be overcome and your desires will be fulfilled.   

In steelmaking, lances are hollow steel

in Christian art, is an attribute of St. Matthew and St. Thomas, the apostles; also of St. Longi’nus, St. George, St. Adalbert, St. Oswin, St. Barbara, St. Michael, St. Dome’trius, a [..]

A thin cardboard tube packed with color-producing pyrotechnic composition used to construct ground display pieces.

A small pencil-sized pyrotechnic flare used in the construction of set pieces

NATO codeword for an active shipborne sonar.

Active shipborne sonar.

, in Hymenoptera, gonapophyses, q.v. (Tuxen, after Ross).

a horseman's spear.

patronymic|from=given names male|from=Germanic, pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance.

lang=en *'''1967''', and , , May 1976 edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 132: *:A bright beam lanced into the dark room, a pinlight spot sweeping back and across, up and down.

From the Germanic name Lanzo, originally a short form of names that began with the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element land, Old High German lant meaning "land" (Proto-Germanic *landą) [..]