Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LAUNCE
LAUNCE Launce, n.
Defn: A lance. [Obs. ]
LAUNCE
Launce, n. Etym: [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. Balance. ]
Defn: A balance. [Obs. ] Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser.
LAUNCE
LAUNCE Launce, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Lant, the fish.
LAUNCEGAYE
LAUNCEGAYE Launce "gaye `, n.
Defn: See Langegaye. [Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
launce
launce |lôns, läns lɔns | ▶noun another term for sand eel. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: early variant of lance (because of its shape ).
Launcelot
Laun ce lot |ˈlônsəˌlät, ˈlän -, -lət | variant spelling of Lancelot.
Launceston
Launceston |ˈlɔːns (ə )stən | a city in northern Tasmania, on the Tamar estuary, the second-largest city of the island; pop. 99,647 (2008 ).
Oxford Dictionary
launce
launce |lɑːns, lans | ▶noun another term for sand eel. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: early variant of lance (because of its shape ).
Launcelot
Launce |lot variant spelling of Lancelot.
Launceston
Launceston |ˈlɔːns (ə )stən | a city in northern Tasmania, on the Tamar estuary, the second-largest city of the island; pop. 99,647 (2008 ).
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