lance
noun
[ lɑːns ]
• 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"
• a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.
• a rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid.
lance
verb
• 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"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun).
