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spear-shaped, a.
[f. spear n.1]
Resembling a spear in shape; pointed like a spear.
1763Mills Pract. Husb. III. 282 The lobes are small, spear-shaped, and hoary on their under side. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 203 Petals..spear-shaped, rather flat, but a little bent inwards. Ibid. III. 625 Thorns simple and compound: leaves spear-shaped. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xxiii, The tent..was raised upon tall spear-shaped poles. 1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 260 Appendages..varying much in form in different species, as awl-shaped, spear-shaped, half-arrow-shaped. 1908Sir H. Johnston Grenfell & Congo II. xxvii. 788 The paddles along the main course of the Congo are generally spear-shaped. |