spear-point
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈspɪrˌpɔɪnt/
:
punta de lanza
- One individual, however, died with a spear point made from an antler embedded in his hip.
Examples
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This spear point is one of many that shows evidence of being "hafted"—attached to a shaft from the Kathu Pan 1 site in South Africa.
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To confirm their diagnosis, the scientists fashioned new spear points from the same stone and fired them from a crossbow into an antelope carcass.
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The size and shape were similar to younger spear points accepted by archeologists.
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Each carries a bamboo pole tipped with an iron point, like a spear point.
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This week, we learn that sharpened stones recovered from South Africa have many hallmarks of spear points, making them the oldest direct evidence for the use of spears with stone points.
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It's commonly believed that North America's Clovis culture came to an end around 12,900 years ago, when their characteristic spear points disappeared from the archaeological record.
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At Folsom, New Mexico, in 1926, archaeologists uncovered the remains of extinct giant bison, clearly associated with distinctive stone spear points.
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As for the Clovis culture itself, Holliday and Meltzer think a new interpretation of radiocarbon dates indicates the people gradually stopped making the spear points they are associated with and simply began making another kind.
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Breunig and Rupp have found about 20 iron implements, including fearsome spear points, bracelets, and small knives, most of which are fairly crude-looking.
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A 10,000-year-old spear-point made by an Ice Age man was found by the river.
Synonyms
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1.0
The sharp end of something like a knife or mountain
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3.5
A pointed tip at the front of an arrow that sticks into a target
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4.6
A pointed metal or stone tip at the end of a spear
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6.6
A pointed metal or stone tip of a spear
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Morphology
Etymology
Spear-point is just the 'point' or tip of a spear, and point means 'sharp tip' like the point of a pencil. So a spear-point is the sharpened head made for 'piercing' or thrusting into something.