01 n. A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
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A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
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2.
An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.(Metal.)
Phrases & compounds
Lancet 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.