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    lance
    /lɑːns/

    noun

    • 1. a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging: "the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel"
    • 2. a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.

    verb

    • 1. prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument: "abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre"

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