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launce.

Obsolete form of lance.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɑːns//lɔːns/
  1. Obsolete form of lance.

    alt-of · obsolete
  2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae

Where this word comes from

See lance.

noun/lɑːns//lɔːns/
  1. A balance.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance.

verb/lɑːns//lɔːns/
  1. Obsolete form of lance.

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

See lance.

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