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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 1.6 [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
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}.)
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