Hypertext Webster Gateway: "launce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes
of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A.
tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on
sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large
quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Launce \Launce\, n.
A lance. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Launce \Launce\, n. [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of
a balance. Cf. {Balance}.]
A balance. [Obs.]
Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Launce \Launce\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Lant}, the fish.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
launce
n : very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into
sandy beaches [syn: {sand lance}, {sand launce}, {sand
eel}]
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