"launce" meaning in English

See launce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-launce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: launces [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns Etymology: See lance. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lance}} lance Head templates: {{en-noun}} launce (plural launces)
  1. Obsolete form of lance. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: lance
    Sense id: en-launce-en-noun-HOzSWg7P
  2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae Categories (lifeform): Trachinoid fish
    Sense id: en-launce-en-noun-ygKP-X~3 Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 4 92 0 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 82 2 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 83 2 8 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 78 1 4 4 2 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 78 1 4 4 2 3 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-launce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: launces [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns Etymology: From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|lance}} Italian lance, {{bor|en|la|lanx}} Latin lanx, {{m|la|lancis||plate, scale of a balance}} lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”), {{m|en|balance}} balance Head templates: {{en-noun}} launce (plural launces)
  1. (obsolete) A balance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-launce-en-noun-taKbl7ni
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-launce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: launces [present, singular, third-person], launcing [participle, present], launced [participle, past], launced [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns Etymology: See lance. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lance}} lance Head templates: {{en-verb}} launce (third-person singular simple present launces, present participle launcing, simple past and past participle launced)
  1. Obsolete form of lance. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: lance
    Sense id: en-launce-en-verb-HOzSWg7P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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