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. -- Lancet fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A
large, voracious, deep- sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long,
sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish.
Lance"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the
shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the
tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana
and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ).
Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).
Lanch (lnch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched (lncht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lanching. See Launch, Lance.] To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to
launch.
See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt.
Dryden & Lee.
Lan*cif"er*ous (?), a. [Lance + -ferous.] Bearing a lance.
Lan"ci*form (?), a. [Lance + -form: cf. F. lanciforme.] Having the form
of a lance.
Lan"ci*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lancinating (?).] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.] To tear;
to lacerate; to pierce or stab. De Quincey.
Lan"ci*na`ting, a. Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating
pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).
Lan`ci*na"tion (?), n. A tearing; laceration. "Lancinations of the
spirit." Jer. Taylor.