a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.

a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer.

an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.

( initial capital letter ) Military . a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.

a lancet.

oxygen lance.

Machinery .

a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam.

a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.

to open with or as if with a lancet.

to pierce with a lance.

to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.

verb

bore , cut , cut into , gash , gore , incise , penetrate , prick , puncture , slash , slice , slit , stab , stick into , dart , hurl , javelin , launch , pierce , point , skewer , spear , weapon