† harping-spearn.
Obsolete.
= harping-iron n.
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harping-iron1596
iron1613
grapnel1663
harpoon1694
harping-speara1706
striking-iron1817
striker-
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 82 Even him [Leviathan], with his harping spear, he boldly encounters.
1738 S. Berington tr. Mem. G. di Lucca 248 These Harping-Spears are pointed..extreamly sharp, with Beards to hinder them from coming out.
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