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   Lancet (?), n. [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See Lance.]
   1. A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
   
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   2. (Metal.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.  Knight.
   
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   Lancet arch (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.
   
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