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Meanings of long lance in English

Russian
тип 93
Portuguese
torpedo tipo 93 longa lança
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61 Cm ship-launched torpedo.

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        тип 93
        Usage of long lance in English
        1
        Through the murk stabbed a long lance of pale blue phosphorescence.
        The Metal Monster
        2
        Finally a long lance-point of grey light shot through the dusty panes of the window.
        Men, Women, and Boats
        3
        He raised the long lance that he bore and saluted with it in my direction.
        The Great Book of Amber
        4
        The hippopotamus is killed here with long lance-like spears.
        A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
        5
        They were armed each with a long lance.
        Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions
        6
        Only once when he removed an inch- long lance of glass did a trace of blood appear.
        A Canticle For Leibowitz
        7
        Instead of a long lance of barbed ice, each bore short blunt wands of amethyst and olivine.
        Night of Knives
        8
        At that instant his long lance flew from his hand, and buried itself deep in the animal's back.
        The Wanderers; Or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orino...
        9
        Yet the sun beams gloriously many a cloudless day in midwinter, casting long lance shadows athwart the dazzling expanse.
        The Mountains of California
        10
        Oolalik therefore grasped his long lance, while Nazinred steered so as to keep the bow end-on to the assailants.
        The Walrus Hunters: A Romance of the Realms of Ice
        11
        The dog must pass him to get out, and he stands with his long lance ready to receive it.
        The Scalp Hunters
        12
        In addition to my rifle and pistols, I carried a long lance with the shaft made of the toughest ash.
        Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
        13
        Before he could recover himself a Mexican had ridden up, and with his long lance pinned him to the earth.
        The Scalp Hunters
        14
        Over the glaring eyes arose a horny helmet, a carapace of black and orange scales, studded with foot- long lance-headed horns.
        The Moon Pool
        15
        And when any disaster befell the besiegers, this tall knight and his long lance were pretty sure to be concerned in it.
        The Cloister and the Hearth
        16
        Against the sky stood a horse, on its back a silent rider with a spiked helmet, in his hand a long lance.
        The Belgians to the Front
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