Spear - Law Dictionary Search Results
Lancegay
A kind of spear anciently used Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II
Trout
Wales. Sects. 1 and 2 prohibit the use of a light, otter lath, or jack, wire or snare, spear, gaff, strokehaul, snatch or the like, or stone or other missile, or roe for catching or killing salmon,
Spinster
Spinster, an unmarried woman, so called because she was supposed to be occupied in spinning. In Scotland the wife's or cognate side of the family is termed the 'spindle-side,' in contradistinction to the agnate or husband's...
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Auction
hence is applied to a public sale of property usually conducted by biddings, which augment the price. A spear used to be raised by the Romans, at the sign of a public auction, Livy, xxiii. 37; Smith's
Smite
or with a missile thrown by the hand as to smite with the fist with a rod sword spear or stone
Poa
including a great number of species as the kinds called meadow grass Kentucky blue grass June grass and spear grass which see
Pentathlon
the great national games of the Greeks including leaping foot racing wrestling throwing the discus and throwing the spear
Gad
The point of a spear or an arrowhead
Javelin
A sort of light spear to be thrown or cast by the hand anciently a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot
Infix
To set to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in as to infix a sting spear or dart
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