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g; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. Shak.

genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. Nares. In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. Chaucer.

A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.

Like a lance. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

Lanceolate.

Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.

An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.

One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations. Wilhelm.

An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight. Lancet arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height. -- Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century. -- Lancet fish. (Zo…

ve of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ). Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).

nd intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.

Resemblance; likeness; appearance. [Obs.] Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man Shak.

Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate. A fair balance of the advantages on either side. Atterbury.

a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.

Such as can be balanced.

The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces. [R.] Darwin.

One who balances, or uses a balance.

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer.