- short spear
- lance, javelin
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Spear — A spear is a pole weapon used for hunting and war, consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a sharpened head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be of another material… … Wikipedia
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spear — [spir] n. [ME spere < OE (akin to Ger speer) < IE base * sper > SPAR2, L sparus] 1. a weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp point, usually of metal or stone, for thrusting or throwing 2. any spearlike, often forked,… … English World dictionary
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spear — Ihe, ihe pahe e, ēlau (short); pololū (long); ihe laumeki (barbed); ihe ō (piercing); au hau (of hibiscus wood); au au (of loulu palm wood); kao, ō, ōkoholua (fishing); pōluhi, polokāwa e. See bath. ♦ Cluster of spears, makalau, mākini.… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
spear-thrower — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : throwing stick * * * /spear throh euhr/, n. Anthropol. 1. a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air. 2. Also called atlatl. a… … Useful english dictionary
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