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Definition of launce : 1. A balance.
2. A lance.
3. See Lant, the fish.

Synonyms:

sand lance, sand eel, sand launce

Usage examples:

• Peter, of course, plainly understood the things that dear Mrs. Launce intended. - "Fortitude", Hugh Walpole.
• There is to be a supper party at the Galleons'- myself, Mrs. Launce. - "Fortitude", Hugh Walpole.
• Shakespeare draws them from life, and from his own observation of Warwickshire rustics, as he drew the two Gobbos, Launce, Christopher Sly, and a host of minor characters. - "The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'", Compiled by Frank Sidgwick.