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Launce

Launce

,
Noun.
A lance.
[Obs.]

Launce

,
Noun.
[It.
lance
, L.
lanx
,
lancis
, plate, scale of a balance. Cf.
Balance
.]
A balance.
[Obs.]
Fortune all in equal
launce
doth sway.
Spenser.

Launce

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
See
Lant
, the fish.

Definition 2024

launce

launce

English

Noun

launce ‎(plural launces)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.

Verb

launce ‎(third-person singular simple present launces, present participle launcing, simple past and past participle launced)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

launce ‎(plural launces)

  1. (obsolete) A balance.

Etymology 3

Noun

launce ‎(plural launces)

  1. (zoology) greater sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus

Anagrams

Etymology

See lance.

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