Hypertext Webster Gateway: "javelin"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Javelin
(1.) Heb. hanith, a lance, from its flexibility (1 Sam. 18:10,
11; 19:9, 10; 20:33).
(2.) Heb. romah, a lance for heavy-armed troops, so called
from its piercing (Num. 25:7). (See {ARMS}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Javelin \Jave"lin\, v. t.
To pierce with a javelin. [R.] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Javelin \Jave"lin\, n. [F. javeline; akin to Sp. jabalina, It.
giavelina, and F. javelot, OF. gavlot. Cf. {Gavelock}.]
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.
Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the
vigor of a Roman arm? --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
javelin
n 1: an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far
as possible
2: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
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