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Trident :: Trident (n.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators..

Javelin :: "Javelin (n.) 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 the wild boar and other fierce game..

Spear :: Spear (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish..

Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..

Gad :: Gad (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead..

Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..

Gavelock :: Gavelock (n.) A spear or dart.

Spearing :: Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spea.

Pritch :: Pritch (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear..

Fishgig :: Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..

Tip :: Tip (n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear..

Catapult :: Catapult (n.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc..

Infix :: Infix (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart..

Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..

Hordock :: Hordock (n.) An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock..

Spearmint :: Spearmint (n.) A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha..

Tren :: Tren (n.) A fish spear.

Upspear :: Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass..

Gaff :: Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon..

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