A thrusting weapon consisting of a stout wooden staff of some length, on which a sharp-pointed head, usually of iron or steel, is socketed or…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] (111) spearc725 A thrusting weapon consisting of a stout wooden staff of some length, on which a sharp-pointed head, usually of iron or steel, is socketed or… ordeOE A point, esp. of a weapon; (hence) a pointed weapon; a spear. Frequently in collocation with edge. spriteOE A spear. Obsolete. wal-speara1000 a battle-spear. gareOE A spear or javelin. shaftc1000 A spear or lance. Now archaic. staffc1275 A spear, lance, or similar armed weapon. to break a staff, to tilt or contend with (an antagonist). Obsolete. glaive1297 A lance or spear. Obsolete. lancegayc1386 A kind of lance. gad1422 A spear or similar weapon; spec. a light horseman's spear; (also) a spear designed to be thrown from the fighting top of a warship. historical or ar… burdounc1440 A stud on the boards of a book. Jedburgh (Jedworth, Jedwood etc.) staff1515 with defining word, indicating some kind of spear or javelin, as horseman's staff, hunter's staff, hunting staff, Jedburgh (Jedworth, Jedwoodetc.)… puncheon pole1548 In the sense ‘having a sharp point’, as puncheon pole, puncheon spear, puncheon staff. Obsolete. puncheon spear1548 In the sense ‘having a sharp point’, as puncheon pole, puncheon spear, puncheon staff. Obsolete. puncheon staff1548 In the sense ‘having a sharp point’, as puncheon pole, puncheon spear, puncheon staff. Obsolete. punching staff1562 a staff with a sharp point; a lance, a spear; cf. puncheon staff at puncheon, n.1 compounds 1. prag1582 A type of spear or similar weapon. sarissa1736 A long lance used in the Macedonian phalanx. staff weapon1788 a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long shaft or handle; cf. sense 3b. windlestraw1831 figurative. Applied to something (material or immaterial) light, trifling, or flimsy; occasionally contemptuously to a spear or lance. Subcategories:— Malay (1) — Australian Aboriginal (3) — specific for throwing (22) — barbed spear (6) — small spear or lance (2) — 2 or 3-pronged spear (6) — fork used as spear (2) — spear with axe-shaped head (1) — spear made of reed or cane (2) — fire-spear (3) — blunt spear or lance (2) — fragment of spear or lance (1) — shaft of spear (14) — head or point (5) — lance (21) |
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