spear-heads

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spear-heads

  1. plural of spear-head
    • 1877, R. Elton Smile , chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 16:
      When surrounded they were still defiant, threatening all who approached with spear-heads attached to short staffs; these were finally struck out of their hands, but they still repelled peaceful overtures, making a formidable show of resistance with teeth and nails.
    • 1892, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, “Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, Scotland”, in Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, page 137:
      BRONZE SPEAR-HEADS.
      In Floor Case, South Side of First Floor.
      [The spear-heads of bronze, which, like the socketed axes, belong to a time when casting over a core was practised, are often very fine examples of the founder's art.