launce Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
    sand lance; sand eel; sand launce.

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Launce noun
Definitions
  1. A lance. Obs.
Launce noun
Etymology
It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. Balance.
Definitions
  1. A balance. Obs.
    Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser.
Launce noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) See Lant, the fish.

Webster 1913