Lancet /(?)/
Lan·cet
Lancet
n.
- A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
- An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. (Metal.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Lancet arch
- a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.
- Lancet architecture
- a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.