Spear
a weapon of offense, consisting of a wooden shaft or pole varying in SPEAR length up to eight or nine feet, and provided with a sharp piercing point. The spear may be regarded as the prototype of the various forms of piercing weapons, such as the arrow, bolt, and dart, which are projected from bows, catapults, or other engines, and the javelin, assegai, and lance, held in or thrown by the hand.
In its earliest form the spear would 1 2 3