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JAVELINS |
Spears |
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POPSTAR |
Britney Spears, say |
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ASPARAGUS |
Edible young spears |
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LANCES |
Neanderthal ancestors used spears |
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SPARES |
Deals leniently with troubled Spears |
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SPARSE |
Thrown spears are thinly scattered |
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JACULATION |
The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears. |
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SPEARWOOD |
An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough
wood, used by the natives for spears. |
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PLUMP |
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of
trees, fowls, or spears. |
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CATAPULT |
An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by
the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc. |
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MYALL WOOD |
A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood,
used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree
Acacia homolophylla. |
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CHEVAL-DE-FRISE |
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. |