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launces

launces is the plural of launce.

launces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of launce.

Meaning of launce

Noun (1)

launce (plural launces)

  1. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae

Noun (2)

launce (plural launces)

  1. (obsolete) A balance.
    • Fortune all in equall launce doth sway.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4

Questions about launces

What is launces the plural of?
Launces is the plural of launce.

Words near launces in the dictionary

  1. launce
  2. launced
  3. launcegaye
  4. launcegayes
  5. Launcelot
  6. launces
  7. Launceston
  8. Launcestonian
  9. launcet
  10. launcets
  11. launch

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