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lance

Definition

  • noun: a long, pointed weapon used in the past by knights riding on horses
  • noun: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
  • verb: to cut (an infected area on a person's skin) with a sharp tool so that pus will flow out
  • verb: to pierce with or as if with a lance
  • synonyms: amputate, assegai, auger

Examples

  • He had the boil/blister on his arm 'lanced'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Take him away and put him in irons. We could end this war right now, boy, save thousands of lives. You fight for the Starks, I fight for the Lannisters. Swords or lances, teeth, nails - choose your weapons and let's end this here and now. If we do it your way, Kingslayer... you'd win. (..)
    2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9