spear

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Very soon the man with the spear will be after me.

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  1. noun A weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharply pointed end.
  2. noun A shaft with a sharp point and barbs for spearing fish.
  3. noun A soldier armed with a spear.

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  • Remember, the tip of the spear is the most compact part. guest, Apr 05, 2009 4: 58PM nice to see that commenters here are so devoted that they are willing to spend their weekends on futile and probably unpaid efforts to out-bess bess .. —  Dealbreaker
  • This weapon is called different things in different languages, but in English it is normally called a spear -- or a pike if it is used on foot, a javelin if it is thrown or a lance if it is used on horseback.
  • Now see where his spear is and his jug of water that was at his head Saul knew David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" —  The Children's Bible
  • An' the blacksmith made him what he called a spear-head. —  The Long Roll
  • I myself preferred shooting them either from a light double-barrelled carbine or large bore pistol when alongside; the jobbing at such a large cow-like animal with a spear was always repugnant to my feelings. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
 

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lance ·  sword ·  dagger ·  arrow ·  axe ·  dart ·  shield ·  whip ·  bow ·  armor ·  weapon ·  javelin

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spear:   speared

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  1. Middle English spere, from Old English.
  2. Alteration of spire1.

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  1. from Middle English spere, plural speres, speren, from Anglo-Saxon spere = Old Saxon sper = OFries. sper, spiri = Middle Dutch spere, Dutch speer = Middle Low German sper, spere = Old High German Middle High German sper, German speer (later Old French espier) = Icelandic spjör, plural, = Danish spœr, a spear (the L. sparus, a small missile weapon, dart, hunting-spear, is prob. from Teutonic); perhaps akin to spar, a beam, bar: see spar. In def. 7 prob. confused with spire.
  2. from spear, n.
 

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