Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lanced"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lance \Lance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lanced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lancing}.]
1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her
back. --Dryden.
2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or
an abscess.
3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See {Lanch}.
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