a. [f. LANCE sb.1 + -ED2.] Having a lance or point; pointed or shaped like a lance.

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1787.  Fam. Plants, I. 32. The leaflets lanced.

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1815.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol., I. 391. The bloodthirsty gnat has five [suckers], some acutely lanced at the extremity.

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1894.  Blackmore, Perlycross, 23. The delicate bells of sky-blue flax quivering on lanced foliage.

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