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<hw><hw>Lance"gay`</hw>, <hw>Lance"gaye`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>lancegaie</ets>, corrupted from the same source as E. <ets>assagai</ets>, under the influence of F. <ets>lance</ets> lance. See <er>Assagai</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.</def>

<i>Nares.</i>

<blockquote>In his hand a <b>launcegay</b>, A long sword by his side. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lancelet</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lance</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small fishlike animal (<spn>Amphioxus lanceolatus</spn>), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See <er>Amphioxus</er>, <er>Leptocardia</er>.</def>

<h1>Lancely</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a lance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Sir P. Sidney</i>.

<h1>Lanceolar</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"ce*o*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lanceola</ets> a little lance, dim. of <ets>lancea</ets> lance: cf. F. <ets>lanc\'82olaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Lanceolate.</def>

<h1>Lanceolate, Lanceolated</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw><hw>Lan"ce*o*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lan"ce*o*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lanceolatus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lanc\'82ol<?/</ets>. See <er>Lanceolar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; <as>as, a <ex>lanceolate</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<h1>Lancepesade</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance`pe*sade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lancepessade</ets>, <ets>lanspessade</ets>, <ets>anspessade</ets>, It. <ets>lancia spezzata</ets> a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.]</ety> <def>An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also <altname>lance corporal</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lancer</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lancier</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.</def>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lancet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Dancing)</fld> <def>A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lanciers</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Lancet</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"cet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lancette</ets>, dim. of <ets>lance</ets> lance. See <er>Lance</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>Lancet arch</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.</cd> -- <col>Lancet architecture</col>, <cd>a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.</cd> -- <col>Lancet fish</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (<spn>Alepidosaurus ferox</spn>), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The doctor, or surgeon fish.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lancewood</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, <spn>Duguetia Quitarensis</spn> (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (<spn>Anonase\'91</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Australian lancewood</col>, <cd>a myrtaceous tree (<spn>Backhousia Australis</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Lanch</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lanch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lanched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lanching</er>. See <er>Lanching</er>. See <er>Launch</er>, <er>Lance</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.</def>