a tube that carries oxygen to a heated tool; used to cut metal; the tip is continuously consumed

(UK, military, slang) A lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.

plural of lance-jack

Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.

(historical) A weapon, first used by the Chinese, consisting of a spear with one or more primitive flamethrowers attached.

plural of fire lance

(military) Formerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal

(military) A non-commissioned officer in an artillery regiment of some Commonwealth armies, equivalent to a lance corporal in the infantry.

plural of oxygen lance

plural of thermal lance