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7 words match “LAUNCE”

LAUNCE n. 3 definitions
A balance. [Obs.] Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser.
LAUNCEGAYE n.
See Langegaye. [Obs.]
LANCEGAY; LANCEGAYE n.
r 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.
LANT n.
andy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.
MASTERSHIP n.
An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what news with your mastership Shak.
SAND n.
rifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. -- Sand eel. (Zoöl.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth. -- Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. -- Sand flea. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds…
USE v.
a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation. Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. Shak. Some other means I have which may be used. Milton.