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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1605
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Lance, Lans, v.2 Also lansing vbl. n. [e.m.E. and ME. lance (14th c.), f. Lance,n.1] tr. To pierce or cut with, or as with, a lance or a lancet, lit. and fig. —a. a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 473 (L).
Gif ony patient wald be pancit, Quhy suld he loip quhan he is lancit [Wr. lansde], Or schrink quhan he is schorne? a1585 Polwart Flyt. 784 (T).
Mischancit, ill pancit, thryse lancit of the boches!b. 1567 Satirical Poems vi. 15.
Lancit with luif she luid me by all wycht a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xxxviii. 4.
A thousand sichtis [= sighs] … Dois throw my bowellis lance c1600 Montg. Suppl. xii. 18.
The dairttis of luif so did him lancec. vbl. n. a1568 Scott iv. 76.
Sum can nocht keip hir gap Fra lansing, as scho lyis
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