speartip

noun

speartip

noun

Etymology From spear + tip.

1

The tip, end, or point of a spear.

  • 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:
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  • 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:
Related terms
arrowhead, ord

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