- 1. n. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. Source: opted
- 2. n. An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Source: opted
- 3. n. an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. 2. (Metal.) 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. (Zoöl.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish. Source: webster
- 6. An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight. Lancetarch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrowcompared with the height.-- Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, inwhich lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13thcentury.-- Lancet fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish(Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) Thedoctor, or surgeon fish. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions Source: ecdict
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