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Definition of Launces
1. launce [n] - See also: launce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Launces
Literary usage of Launces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... THE sand launces constitute a small family of small, saltwater fishes found
chiefly in northern regions. ..."
2. Selections from Unpublished Manuscripts in the College of Arms and the by Joseph Stevenson (1837)
"... for the wages of ltie demi launces, at xxd. per diem, ... knight, general of
the demy launces, and capten of cth launces, ..."
3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1877)
"... Capten of 1* launces for ... THOMAS SCOTT capten of xv6" launces and xxxv
lighte horse for himselfe at iiij" p' diem his ..."
4. The Boke Named The Gouernour by Thomas Elyot (1883)
"... army did consist but of 10000 Archers, 1500 launces, and 2000 footmen of other
weapons." To descend to skirmishes, this writer tells us that 'in King ..."
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