'Lancet' definitions:
Definition of 'lancet'
From: WordNet
noun
An acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: lancet arch, lancet]
noun
A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet, lance]
Definition of 'Lancet'
From: GCIDE
- Lancet \Lan"cet\, n. [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See Lance.]
- 1. A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Metal.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- Lancet arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.
- Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century. [1913 Webster] lancetfish