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ht or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance. The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder. Boyle. The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton.

Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.] Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance. Comber.

A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.

Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.

To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [R.] While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.

Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.

Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Sir J. Hayward.

To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.

A glance of eye.

Fault; failure; omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

A sudden flash of light or splendor. Swift as the lightning glance. Milton.

Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]

Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.

False resemblance or semblance. [Obs.]

Indifference; carelessness; coolness.

Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.