Spear: alternatives and connections

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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To make pale.

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To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

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An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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Alt. of Assegai

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A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

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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, triangular head, s…

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A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting…

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Alt. of Lister

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A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

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A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

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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 small flag;…

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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 small flag;…

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

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A ridge.

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Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…

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A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

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A fishgig.

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A fiddle.

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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 small flag;…

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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