launce

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English

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/

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Etymology 1

See lance.

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.
  2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae

Translations

sand lance — see sand lance

Verb

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  1. Obsolete form of lance.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian lance, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance.

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. (obsolete) A balance.
    • (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Fortune all in equal launce doth sway.

Anagrams

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