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单词 reed spear
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reed spearn.1

Brit. /ˈriːd ˌspɪə/, U.S. /ˈrid ˈˌspɪ(ə)r/
Forms: see reed n.1 and spear n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reed n.1, spear n.2
Etymology: < reed n.1 + spear n.2 Compare earlier reed spire n. at reed n.1 Compounds 2.
A stem or stalk of reed.In quot. c1430 probably: a simple musical instrument made of a reed stalk.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > reed
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reed spearc1430
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > parts of
reed spearc1430
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bent-stalk1821
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c1430 Compleynt in J. Schick Lydgate's Temple of Glas (1891) App. 64 (MED) These lytylle herdegromys Floutyn al the longe day..In here smale recorderys, In floutys & in rede sperys [v.r. pypes made of corne spyres], Aboute this flour.
c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 2255) in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems (1840) 262 (MED) Behold the reed speer, galle, and eysel fett.
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 63 For vnto this day they sette by none other buyldynge place but only that be wrought of reedsperis & suche homely stuff.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 57/2 A[rgent] on a Mount in Base 3 Reed Spears (sans leaves or sedges).
1884 Baily's Monthly Mag. Apr. 178 Grey reed spears in tangled masses shot up thick and bristling on all sides, and amongst their tough roots the brown water flowed and rippled with pleasant murmurous voice.
1942 ‘B. B.’ Little Grey Men ii. 24 It was good to sit down..and watch the scenery go by; the reed spears already forming a forest, the grass so long and lush.
2001 F. Mount Fairness 237 The island..still had the dank chill of winter on it with..the reed-spears hardly showing above the mud of the slack tide.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reed spearn.2

Brit. /ˈriːd ˌspɪə/, U.S. /ˈrid ˈˌspɪ(ə)r/
Forms: see reed n.1 and spear n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reed n.1, spear n.1
Etymology: < reed n.1 + spear n.1
A spear made of reed, spec. one of a type used by Australian Aboriginal people.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > Australian Aboriginal
reed spear1819
yam-stick1863
giddea1878
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > spear made of reed or cane
cane1581
reed spear1819
1819 T. Hamilton tr. Antar i. 30 Antar rode about the country on the horses;..he drove them over the steeps, hurling his reed spear at the trunks of the trees.
1847 G. F. Angas Savage Life & Scenes Austral. & N.Z. I. 93 The reed spear..is like an arrow, and pointed with wood hardened by fire.
1884 E. Palmer Notes Austral. Tribes 12 All the northern tribes of blacks use the reed-spear, generally barbed, which is thrown by the aid of the wommera.
1936 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 76 455 That the spearthrower diffused to Australia prior to the reed spear seems indicated by both distributional and technical considerations.
2000 Herald-Sun (Durham, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 9 July h1 De Leon..made first landfall at the cape he called Place of Canes—maybe from the reed spears carried by the Timucuan Indians who were on hand to greet him.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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