'Launce' definitions:
Definition of 'launce'
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noun
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches [syn: sand lance, sand launce, sand eel, launce]
Definition of 'Launce'
From: GCIDE
- Launce \Launce\, n. A lance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Launce'
From: GCIDE
- Launce \Launce\, n. [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. Balance.] A balance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'launce'
From: GCIDE
- Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. Lance.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (Ammedytes tobianus) and the American species ({Ammedytes Americanus}) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel. [1913 Webster]