See launce on Wiktionary
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},
{
"word": "launcet"
},
{
"word": "launcegay"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A lance (long spear)."
],
"links": [
[
"lance",
"lance"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A javelin (throwing spear)."
],
"links": [
[
"javelin",
"javelin"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A lancer; someone armed with a lance."
],
"links": [
[
"lancer",
"lancer"
],
[
"lance",
"lance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A lancer; someone armed with a lance."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"That which is long and pointed."
],
"links": [
[
"long",
"long"
],
[
"pointed",
"pointed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, rare) That which is long and pointed."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlau̯ns(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlans(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lance"
},
{
"word": "launs"
},
{
"word": "launse"
},
{
"word": "lawnce"
},
{
"word": "lawnse"
}
],
"word": "launce"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Military",
"enm:Polearms"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "launce",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to push forwards",
"word": "launcen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of launcen (“to push forwards”)"
],
"links": [
[
"launcen",
"launcen#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "launce"
}
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