Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. 2. (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LANCE; LANCER; LANCET lans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. See ARMOR, III, 4, (3); 1 Kings 18:28 the Revised Version (British and American) "lances."