javelin

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He would go out at early morning, ranging the woods and hills unaccompanied by any one, needing no help, for his javelin was a sure weapon in all cases.

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  1. noun A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
  2. noun Sports A metal or metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in track and field competitions. The men's javelin is about 2.6 meters (8 1/2 feet) in length; the women's is about 2.2 meters (7 1/4 feet) in length.
  3. noun Sports The athletic field event in which a javelin is thrown.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French javeline, diminutive of javelot, of Celtic origin.

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  1. Formerly also javeling; from Old French javelin, masculine, javeline, feminine, French javeline = Spanish jabalina = Italian giavelina, a javelin (cf. also jave-lot); of Celtic origin: cf. Breton gavlin and gavlod (prob. accommodation to the F.), a javelin, gavl, the fork of a tree: see further under gavelock, gavel, gable, and gaff.
  2. from javelin, n.
 

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/ˈdʒævlɪn/
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