Associations to the word «Lancet»

Wiktionary

LANCET, noun. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
LANCET, noun. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
LANCET ARCH, noun. (architecture) A sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th Century.

Dictionary definition

LANCET, noun. An acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance.
LANCET, noun. A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope