Javelin
['dʒæv(ə)lɪn] or ['dʒævlɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events.
(noun.) an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible.
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Definition
(n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.
(v. t.) To pierce with a javelin.
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Definition
n. a spear meant to be hurled anciently used by both infantry and cavalry.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of defending yourself with a javelin, your most private affairs will be searched into to establish claims of dishonesty, and you will prove your innocence after much wrangling. If you are pierced by a javelin, enemies will succeed in giving you trouble. To see others carrying javelins, your interests are threatened.
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Examples
- Running, wrestling, cudgel-playing, throwing the javelin, drawing the bow, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Cedric hath another javelin stuck into his girdle, and thou knowest he does not always miss his mark. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A musket is a more expensive machine than a javelin or a bow and arrows; a cannon or a mortar, than a balista or a catapulta. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Celia was inwardly frightened, and ready to run away, now she had hurled this light javelin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Replacing his javelin, he resumed his seat, bent his looks downward, and appeared to be absorbed in melancholy reflection. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What will it cost beyond the blow of a poniard, or the thrust of a javelin, to silence his opposition for ever? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- No full-bottomed wig, no red petticoats, no fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The javelins and arrows which were thrown or shot in an ancient one, could easily be picked up again, and were, besides, of very little value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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