launce

A term when the pump sucks from the Danish lœns, exhausted.

Also, a west-country term for the sand-eel, a capital bait for mackerel.

Launce
·noun ·see <<Lant>>, the fish. II. Launce ·noun A <<Lance>>. III. Launce ·noun A <<Balance>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
launce
n. The Australian species of this fishis Congrogradus subducens, Richards., found in North-West Aus...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
launce-gay
An offensive weapon used of old, but prohibited by statute so far back as 7 Richard II. c. 13. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
sand-launce
♦ Ammodytes tobianus, a small eel-like fish, which buries itself in the sand. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book