A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as bone, flint, obsidian, copper, bronze, iron, or steel. The most common design for hunting and/or warfare, since modern times has incorporated a metal spearhead shaped like a triangle, diamond, or leaf. The heads of fishing spears usually feature multiple sharp points, with or without barbs.

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Notable quotes

“The western tribes of British New Guinea employ a charm to aid the hunter in spearing dugong or turtle. A small beetle, which haunts coco-nut trees, is placed in the hole of the spear-haft into which the spear-head fits. This is supposed to make the spear-head stick fast in the dugong or turtle, just as the beetle sticks fast to a man’s skin when it bites him.”
— Sir James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (ed. 1922) ch. 3, sec. 2
“Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears.”
— Bob Hilliard, "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (1947)
“And nigh to him came Achilles, the peer of Enyalius, warrior of the waving helm, brandishing over his right shoulder the Pelian ash, his terrible spear.”
— Homer, Iliad, bk. 22, l. 131 (tr. A. T. Murray, 1925)
“Odin rides first with the gold helmet and a fair birnie, and his spear, which is called Gungnir. He shall go forth against Fenris-Wolf, and Thor stands forward on his other side, and can be of no avail to him, because he shall have his hands full to fight against the Midgard Serpent.”
— Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, ch. 51 (tr. A. G. Brodeur, 1916)
“His poynant speare, that many made to bleed.”
— Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, bk. 1, c. 7, st. 19 (1590)
“Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion (1977) 5: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

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Notable quotes

“The western tribes of British New Guinea employ a charm to aid the hunter in spearing dugong or turtle. A small beetle, which haunts coco-nut trees, is placed in the hole of the spear-haft into which the spear-head fits. This is supposed to make the spear-head stick fast in the dugong or turtle, just as the beetle sticks fast to a man’s skin when it bites him.”
— Sir James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (ed. 1922) ch. 3, sec. 2
“Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears.”
— Bob Hilliard, "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (1947)
“And nigh to him came Achilles, the peer of Enyalius, warrior of the waving helm, brandishing over his right shoulder the Pelian ash, his terrible spear.”
— Homer, Iliad, bk. 22, l. 131 (tr. A. T. Murray, 1925)
“Odin rides first with the gold helmet and a fair birnie, and his spear, which is called Gungnir. He shall go forth against Fenris-Wolf, and Thor stands forward on his other side, and can be of no avail to him, because he shall have his hands full to fight against the Midgard Serpent.”
— Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, ch. 51 (tr. A. G. Brodeur, 1916)
“His poynant speare, that many made to bleed.”
— Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, bk. 1, c. 7, st. 19 (1590)
“Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion (1977) 5: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as bone, flint, obsidian, copper, bronze, iron, or steel. The most common design for hunting and/or warfare, since modern times has incorporated a metal spearhead shaped like a triangle, diamond, or leaf. The heads of fishing spears usually feature multiple sharp points, with or without barbs.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as bone, flint, obsidian, copper, bronze, iron, or steel. The most common design for hunting and/or warfare, since modern times has incorporated a metal spearhead shaped like a triangle, diamond, or leaf. The heads of fishing spears usually feature multiple sharp points, with or without barbs.

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