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An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points.

A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject e…

the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people start…

A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and…

Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forke…

A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.

A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, tri…

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or…

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with…

A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number th…

Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.

water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of t…