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(symbol) The pointed part of an arrow.
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(by extension, figuratively) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
v
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
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A form of spear having two prongs.
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A spear used for hunting boar.
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A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
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(rail transport) Alternative form of dogspike. [(rail transport) A spike with a slightly altered head shape for easier extraction when the spike has become too loose in the sleeper.]
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One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.
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(aerospace, slang) A reinforcing disk on a missile.
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(transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
adj
Having the colour of a knife's metal blade; especially, having the glint that reflects off the blade.
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An augur's staff with a recurved top.
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The blunt ball or ornament on the top of a mace, usually made of metal.
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(now chiefly UK dialectal) The point or edge of a weapon.
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(chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
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The head of an arrow or spear.
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The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
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(jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
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(archaeology) The head or tip of a shaft that is thrown (that is, projected away from the user) as a weapon.
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(countable) A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
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Obsolete spelling of rillet [A little rill.]
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The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
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(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
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Obsolete form of spar. [A rafter of a roof.]
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(obsolete) A church spire.
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(idiomatic, by extension) One who serves in a subordinate or menial role.
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Alternative form of spear carrier [(acting) A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.]
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Alternative form of spearhead [The pointed head, or end, of a spear.]
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The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
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One who spearheads a movement, campaign, etc.
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The point or tip of a spear.
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Alternative form of spearman [A soldier who fights with a spear.]
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The tip, end, or point of a spear.
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Alternative form of speering [(Scotland) An enquiry; an asking about something.]
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A sharp, needle-like piece.
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The stiffness of an arrow.
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A sharp or tapering point.
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A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop.
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Obsolete form of spire. [(now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.]
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Alternative form of staddle [(archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.]
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(obsolete) An anvil; a stithy.
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Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
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(rare) The tip or peak of a nipple.
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The foremost person or group; those on the front lines.
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The thin, sharp part of a colter.
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