What does elance mean?
Elance means (transitive, archaic) To throw like a lance; to hurl..
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/ɪˈlæns/ · verb
(transitive, archaic) To throw like a lance; to hurl..
Iö! while thy unerring hand elanc'd / Another, and another dart; the people / Joyfully repeated Iö! Iö Pean! / Elance the dart, Apollo: for the ſafety, / And health of man, gracious thy mother bore thee.
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Elance means (transitive, archaic) To throw like a lance; to hurl..
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Iö! while thy unerring hand elanc'd / Another, and another dart; the people / Joyfully repeated Iö! Iö Pean! / Elance the dart, Apollo: for the ſafety, / And health of man, gracious thy mother bore thee.
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