lance a boil. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I would break a lance and hold a tilt at thine argument. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Nevertheless I tried to break a lance for my countrywoman. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Germany] Reference
"Hullo, Jim!" called the lance-corporal from the ambulance. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
"With whom you should be proud to break a lance," said Bickley. From Wordnik.com. [When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot] Reference
And on some plain ere night descend I'll break a lance for you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Port of Missing Men] Reference
I would much like to break a lance with the learned Professor of. From Wordnik.com. [Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer] Reference
"What, good brother, if I should break a lance in these same lists?". From Wordnik.com. [Sir Mortimer] Reference
Fawning duped followers aka lance-trance zombies or livestrong zombies. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
Fancy my Lord Utilitarian turning to break a lance in defence of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Mae Madden] Reference
"You can break a lance, fine sir, if it please you," said the châtelain. From Wordnik.com. [Hereward, the Last of the English] Reference
Some had pistols, others carbines, but the lance was the principal weapon. From Wordnik.com. [In New Granada Heroes and Patriots] Reference
"By the Lord Adrian's permission," cried he, "I will break a lance with --". From Wordnik.com. [Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes] Reference
He must break a lance with the glorious Imám, and start a school of his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
The lance is a weapon frightful even to the mounted man who uses it properly. From Wordnik.com. [Battle Studies] Reference
This country abound - ing in wood, called lance - wood, growing ftraight, like. From Wordnik.com. [A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America] Reference
This was in my favor, if I was to be again compelled to break a lance with him. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student] Reference
"But why?" said Hardy, who could do no less than break a lance for his companion. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown at Oxford] Reference
No one loves to break a lance with him, because he cuts such ungentlemanly gashes. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Father Hecker] Reference
I rather believe that the little soldier with the lance is a woman, perhaps Lucrezia. From Wordnik.com. [Caesar or Nothing] Reference
TAINT, "-- a staff," break a lance at tilting in an unscientific or dishonourable manner. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man in His Humor] Reference
The head of the lance is a long blade of highly tempered steel; and made sharp as a razor. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 352, January 17, 1829] Reference
If they had, having the multitude on my side, I would have tried to break a lance with them. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference
Do you suppose that I will condescend to break a lance with your low and obscure colleague? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him] Reference
For which of his poetical heroines would the reader break a lance so soon as for Jeanie Deans?. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits] Reference
'Come, come!' put in the Prioress, 'you may have the chance yet to break a lance on her behalf. From Wordnik.com. [The Herd Boy and His Hermit] Reference
The lance is a weapon very appropriate to light mounted troops, and is still used by some of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
To break a lance, denotes seeming impossibilities will be overcome and your desires will be fulfilled. From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams] Reference
Not so utterly had victory in such contests deserted her hands, that she need fear to break a lance with. From Wordnik.com. [The Belton Estate] Reference
Christ's side is now preserved among the imperial insignia at Vienna and is known as the lance of St. Maurice. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference
He has always kept an open platform, yet none of the Rabbis have been found gallant enough to break a lance with him. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Douglass The Colored Orator.] Reference
Augusta was not accustomed to find knights-errant thus prepared, at such cost to themselves, to break a lance in her cause. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Meeson's Will] Reference
The four lovers were the appellants in this tourney, and from every realm knights rode to break a lance in honour of their dame. From Wordnik.com. [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference
Not a living soul, it seemed, was willing to break a lance for Richard: once certified, a man might just as well be under the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
For four years the black knight roamed to and fro, from Maine to Indiana, always ready to break a lance with any champion of slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Douglass The Colored Orator.] Reference
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