lance, lanch:
1.
to pierce
R3 IV. iv. 225
“Whose hands soever l-'d
their tender hearts”
(Ff “lanch'd,”
Rowe “lanced”),
Lr. II. i. 54
“With his prepared sword
. . . l-'d mine arm”
(Qq “lancht” or
“launcht,” Ff
“latch'd”).
2.
to cut surgically
R2 I. iii. 303
“l-eth not the
sore”
(Ff Q5
“lanceth,” Q1
“launceth,” Qq234
“la(u)ncheth”),
Ant. V. i. 36
“we do Diseases”
(Ff “launch,”
Pope “launce”).
