A spike or sharp point. Cf. gad, n.1 1a. Obsolete except as in senses 1b and 1c.
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| 释义 | the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > pointed object or part (23) goadeOE A spike or sharp point. Cf. gad, n.1 1a. Obsolete except as in senses 1b and 1c. pikeOE A sharp point; the pointed tip of something, a spike; esp. the pointed metal tip of a staff, spear, arrow, etc.; †the spike in the centre of a… point1390 An object or item with a tapering tip. Something having a sharpened or tapering tip, as a nail, pin, spike, thorn, pointer, etc. broad arrowhead1545 literal. An arrowhead which is broad and typically barbed. Now chiefly historical. spire1551 A conical, tapering, pointed body or part of something; a sharp point. pick1614–15 A spike or sharp point, such as the pointed end of a staff, a thorn, a hedgehog's prickle or spine, etc. Formerly also: the spike in the middle of… stob1637 A thorn; a prickle; a splinter. icicle1644 A long and slender or needle-shaped crystal. Obsolete. arrow point1655 the point or head of an arrow; also figurative. spike1718 transferred. A stiff sharp-pointed object or part. jagger1825 One who or that which jags; spec. a jagging-iron, also a toothed chisel. spear-point1861 transferred. Something resembling the point of a spear. Also figurative. spear-head1894 transferred. A thing having the pointed form characteristic of the head of a spear. Subcategories:— at the top (3) — pointed stick (2) — metal spike (4) — pointed piece or fragment (1) |
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