Defn: 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
Lanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See
Lanching. See Launch, Lance.]
Defn: To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee.
LANCIFEROUS
Lan*cif"er*ous, a Etym: [Lance + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing a lance.
LANCIFORM
Lan"ci*form, a Etym: [Lance + -form: cf. F. lanciforme.]
Defn: Having the form of a lance.
LANCINATE
Lan"ci*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lancinating.] Etym: [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.]
Defn: To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. De Quincey.
LANCINATING
Lan"ci*na`ting, a.