boar-spear

• “Faster than the rest, a tall man seized a boar-spear from the hands of a companion who stood frozen, and stepped out into the clearing.”

  Fictionaut: Sick Cycle Carousel

• “Hywel had grabbed a boar-spear and picked out a group of Raven warriors to stand with on his own; that was perfect.”

  Fictionaut: Elephant in the City

• “In a few moments he was back in his place, boar-spear in both hands, punishing the man who'd managed to reach him with savage thrusts of the spear.”

  Fictionaut: Elephant in the City

• “I just stood and waited, reminding myself that a ski pole makes a decent simulacrum of a boar-spear . . .”

  Still January

• “One of his fellow-huntsmen must approach with boar-spear and provoke the boar, making as though he would let fly at him; but let fly he must not, for fear of hitting the man under him.”

  On Hunting

• “Foot-traps are also set for the wild boar, similar to those for deer and in the same sort of places; the same inspections and methods of pursuit are needed, with consequent attacks and an appeal to the boar-spear in the end.”

  On Hunting

• “As soon as the nets are fixed, the party will come back and let the hounds slip one and all; then each will snatch up his javelin324 and boar-spear, and advance.”

  On Hunting

• “Wild pigs may be captured further in the following fashion: The nets are fixed for them at the entrances of woody glens,342 in coppices and hollows, and on screes, where there are outlets into rank meadow-lands, marshes, and clear pools. 343 The appointed person mounts guard at the nets with his boar-spear, while the others work the dogs, exploring the best and likeliest spots.”

  On Hunting

• “Ergo, he will not voluntarily get under those feet; but if involuntarily he should come to such a pass, the same means341 of helping each the other to get up again will serve, as in the case of the male animal; and when he has regained his legs, he must ply the boar-spear vigorously till she too has died the death.”

  On Hunting

• “If then an animal falls into the net, the net-keeper will grip his boar-spear and344 advance, when he will ply it as I have described; if he escape the net, then after him full cry.”

  On Hunting

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