lance bucket

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lance bucket - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lance \Lance\ (l[a^]ns), n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea;
     cf. Gr. lo`gchh. Cf. Launch.]
     1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and
        a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and
        often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or
        harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
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              A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak.
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     2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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     3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the
        mold in casting a shell.
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     4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece
        of ordnance and forces it home.
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     5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with
        combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a
        figure.
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     6. (Med.) A lancet.
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     Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight
        or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or
        commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who
        assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility
        without regard to party lines or deference to authority.
        See also freelance, n. and a., and freelancer.
  
     Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or
        stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.
  
     Lance corporal, same as Lancepesade.
  
     Lance knight, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson.
  
     Lance snake (Zool.), the fer-de-lance.
  
     Stink-fire lance (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a
        composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used
        in the counter operations of miners.
  
     To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest.
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