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▪ I. lancing, vbl. n.|ˈlɑːnsɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. lance v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. lance in various senses: e.g.
†a. Launching (of boats).
†b. Piercing, pricking.
c. Cutting with a lancet.
1470–85Malory Arthur xxi. ii, Thenne there was launcynge of grete botes and smal. 1592Davies Immort. Soul ii. vii. (1714) 28 The cruel Lancing of the knotty Gout. 1638Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 202 You make with it [syllogisme] a wholesome and delightful lancing. 1645Milton Tetrach. Introd., Wks. 1851 IV. 140 The launcing of that old apostemated error. 1655Wood Life 17 Dec., Which caused a swelling in his cheek..and that a lancing thereof, which made him unfit to appeare in public. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 105 God forbids his people this funeral rite of cutting and lancing because abused to Demon-idolatrie. 1945Machinery (N.Y.) Nov. 156/1 It was decided that oxygen lancing was the only feasible means of cutting the huge piece. 1955Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CLXXX. 74/1 A new development is the small-scale intermittent process to convert iron in the ladle directly into steel by oxygen lancing.
attrib.1530Palsgr. 604/2, I launce a sore, as a cyrurgien dothe with a launsyng yron. 1859Sala Gas-light & D. x. 119 He has curiously a dominant passion for leaping, darting the lancing pole..and other feats of strength and agility.
2. Acting as a lancer.
1838–9Thackeray Major Gahagan iii, A ball..put a stop to his lancing.
▪ II. lancing, ppl. a.|ˈlɑːnsɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. lance v. + -ing2.]
That lances: a. Darting forward; fig. ? bold, dashing. b. Of a ship: Launching, putting forth. c. Cutting, piercing.
1573L. Lloyd Pilgr. Princes (1586) 6 b, Hercules..hearde the offers of these two launcing Ladies. 1635D. Person Varieties i. 12 The Comets, and these lancing Dragons, and falling Stars, &c...we visibly see. 1647Stanley Preti's Oronta (1650) 5 Along the shore the wretched mothers stray..The lancing ships beholding from on high. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 695 When the launcing knife requires his hands. 1756Mounsey in Phil. Trans. I. 20 But the scene soon began again with lancing pain in the left eye. |