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A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
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A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
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(fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
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(military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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(military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
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(metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
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(pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
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(medicine) A lancet.