A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Lance,) Lans, Launce, n.2 [f. Lance v.1: cf. late ME. (once) lawnche (Prompt. Parv.) a leap, and Lench.] A leap or bound. —1375 Barb. x. 414.
A lans [E. launce] till him he maid
