spear-staffn.

Etymology: < spear n.¹

The staff or shaft of a spear; = spear-shaft n. Also transferred.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > shaft of spear

spear-shafta900

ashOE

shaftc1000

truncheon13..

tree?a1366

timberc1400

sting?a1500

spear-staff1530

steal1530

rodc1540

stale1553

stave1873

staff-

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 274/1 Speare staffe, fust de lance.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Hastile, a speare staffe.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 100 The fixed Stars in Libra..are in number Twenty-five...20. The calf of the right leg of Bootes. 21. The Spear-staff Incalurus of Bootes.

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr3/3 Spear-staff, la hampe.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Hasta pura A spear staff without an iron head.

?1770 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens First Bk. Lusiad 36 [Mars] Strikes with his spear-staff on the sounding ground.

1850 P. H. Gosse Sacred Streams xiv. 318 His spear-staff was ‘like a weaver's beam’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	spear-staff
释义	spear-staffn. Etymology: < spear n.¹ The staff or shaft of a spear; = spear-shaft n. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > shaft of spear spear-shafta900 ashOE shaftc1000 truncheon13.. tree?a1366 timberc1400 sting?a1500 spear-staff1530 steal1530 rodc1540 stale1553 stave1873 staff- 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 274/1 Speare staffe, fust de lance. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Hastile, a speare staffe. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 100 The fixed Stars in Libra..are in number Twenty-five...20. The calf of the right leg of Bootes. 21. The Spear-staff Incalurus of Bootes. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr3/3 Spear-staff, la hampe. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Hasta pura A spear staff without an iron head. ?1770 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens First Bk. Lusiad 36 [Mars] Strikes with his spear-staff on the sounding ground. 1850 P. H. Gosse Sacred Streams xiv. 318 His spear-staff was ‘like a weaver's beam’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1530
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