Definition of Lancing

1. Verb. (present participle of lance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lancing

1. lance [v] - See also: lance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancing

lancewood
lancewood tree
lancewoods
lanch
lanched
lanches
lanching
lanciers
lanciform
lancinate
lancinated
lancinates
lancinating
lancination
lancinations
lancing (current term)
land
land(a)
land-grant
land-office business
land-poor
land agent
land ahoy
land area
land artist
land bridge
land bridges
land conservation and development commission
land crab
land cress

Literary usage of Lancing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"lancing a spouting sulphur-bottom. vessel believe that the height of the spout ... Figure 5 shows the captain in the act of lancing a /7-foot Sulphur- ..."

2. Modern Dentistry by Joseph Head (1917)
"CHAPTER VIII CHILDREN'S TEETH The Theory of Gum lancing in Infants. ... Gum lancing.—"Teething is a natural process and assistance by lancing is unnecessary ..."

3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1899)
"The Care of the Teeth During Sickness, and the Philosophy of lancing Children's- Gums from the Standpoint of the Dental Practioner. BY JOSEPH HEAD, MD, ..."

4. Vocations for the Trained Woman: Opportunities Other Than Teaching by Perkins, Agnes Frances, 1875- (1910)
"... FREE lancing IN NEW YORK MINNIE J. REYNOLDS Independent writers, attached to no publication, are called free lances in the newspaper world. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Operative Dentistry by Jonathan Taft (1859)
"THE METHOD OF lancing THE GUMS. In all cases, the gum should be separated from the tooth as far as the embrace of the forceps is to extend ; and the lancet ..."

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