˜yÐÄvlog

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launce

[ lans, lahns ]

launce

/ ±ôɑ˲Բõ /

noun

  1. another name for the sand eel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of launce1

First recorded in 1615–25; variant of lance 2
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Co-leader Sian Berry will promise to "hit the ground running," at the launce of the party's manifesto, because "the future won't give us another chance to get these next two years right".

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The sea around me exploded with greater launce, baitfish that leapt from the water and pattered back like rain as mackerel hit them from below.

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The skreen was garnished with corslets and helmets, gaping with open mouths, with coats of mail, launces, pikes, halberts, brown bills, bucklers, &c.â€

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By "launces" the writer meant what we should now call the lancelet.

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They also beheaded at the same time Constantine, sticking his head upon a launce, and with derision caused it to be carried thorow the Turkish camp.

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