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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

speartip en · NOUN

Etymology

From spear + tip.

Meanings

  1. The tip, end, or point of a spear.
    • He could not forge the men of the North into a weapon against demonkind without first tempering them as the smith's hammer did the speartip. Women screamed as Jardir's men tempered them in another fashion. Another necessary evil. 2010, Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear: Book Two of The Demon Cycle:
    • Our eyes caught it at the same moment, right at our feet: a perfect stone speartip. 1996, David F. Pelly, David F. Pelly:
    • The speartip rushed ahead in three rapid thrusts, but Luthien managed to parry and dodge, shifting his hips out of harm's way each time. 2001, R. A. Salvatore, The Dragon King:

Forms

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speartips Number=Plur lexicographic
spear tip alternative lexicographic
spear-tip alternative lexicographic

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