The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . , openingin either direction. With he drew a lancet in his puncture the still supplicating sage. Garth, Dispensary, v. 3. In arch., a, lancet-window; an arch of lancetshape. The church — one night, exceptFor greenish glimmerings thro the lancets. Tennyson, .Aylniers Field. Lancet style, in arch. See early English architecture,under early. lancet-arch (lanset-arch), n. An arch of whichthe head is acutely pointed, like the blade of alancet, and having
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . , openingin either direction. With he drew a lancet in his puncture the still supplicating sage. Garth, Dispensary, v. 3. In arch., a, lancet-window; an arch of lancetshape. The church — one night, exceptFor greenish glimmerings thro the lancets. Tennyson, .Aylniers Field. Lancet style, in arch. See early English architecture,under early. lancet-arch (lanset-arch), n. An arch of whichthe head is acutely pointed, like the blade of alancet, and having cui-ves fonued by radii cen-tering outside of the arch. Such iu-ches are commonIn the fully developed medieval architecture, especially inEngland, and are characteristic of lancet-windows. Seecut under lancet-icindow. lancet-fish (lauset-fish), n. 1. A fish of thefamily Teuthididw or Acanthuridce, hang lan-cet-like spines, one on each side of the called barber-, doctor-, and siirgeon-liiih.—2. A fish, Alepidosaurvs ferox, of the familyAlepidosauridie, having large lancet-like cut under Vork MiQSter, Hngland. lance-throw lance-throw (lansthro), k. The distance a lanc-ti or javelin may be (laiiset-poiuted), a. In arch., poiutid in laneet form, as a lancet-window. At Liucoln Lajicet-PoiiUed work is again Century, .\XXVI. bUb. lancet-window (lanset-windo), K. A high andluiiiMw window, tenninating in an areh acutelyjioiuted or formedof curves of longradius (the centerfalling outside ofthe areh), and re-sembling a lancetin shape. Windowsof this form are amarked ulmraeteris-tic of the architectureof tile llrst half of thethirteeiitli century,and are especiallycommon in Englandand Scotland. Theyare often double ortriple, and some-times a greater num-ber than tliree lancetsare found together, the group calledthe Five Sisters inthe transept of Yorkcathedral. oftenc:dled simply lancet. lancewood(laus- w
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