Javelin

Definitions

1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
3. A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةالرمحجريدمزراق

Българскикопие

Bosanskiспис

Catalàjavelina

Češtinaoštěp

Cymraeggwaywffon

Danskspyd

Ελληνικάακόντιοκοντάρι

Esperantoĵetlanco

فارسیخشتزوبینسلنیزه+ 1 more

Suomiheittokeihäskeihäs

Gaeilgesleá

Gàidhliggathiodhansleagh

עבריתכידון

हिन्दीबरछी

Hrvatskiспис

Հայերենաշտենիզակ

Bahasa Indonesiakujurlembing

Italianogiavellotto

日本語やり投げ槍槍

ქართულიოროლიჰოროლი

한국어창

Latinapīlumrhomphaeaveruverumverutum+ 2 more

Lietuviųakstis

Latviešušķēps

Македонскиџилит

Bahasa Melayulembing

Nederlandsspeer

Polskioszczep

Portuguêsdardo

Românăsuliță

Русскийдротиккопьесу́лица

Slovenščinakopje

Српскиспис

Svenskakastspjut

Türkçeciritkargımızrak

Українськаспис

اردونیزہ

Tiếng Việtlao

Examples

“And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest saw⟳ it, hee rose vp from amongst the Congregation, and tooke a iauelin in his hand. And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them thorow, the man of Israel, and the woman, thorow her belly: So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.”

“Flies the javelin swifter to its mark⟳, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?”

“With what apprehensions we proceeded, ignorant at what moment we might be greeted by the javelin of some ambushed savage!”

Typee

“As a lion or wild boar turns fiercely on the dogs and men that attack him, while these form⟳ a solid wall and shower their javelins as they face⟳ him—his courage is all undaunted, but his high spirit will be the death of him;[…]”

“Searching through snow⟳ / For the javelin I had not / Meant to throw⟳ right at you / For if it had hit its mark⟳ / There’d be blood in the place⟳ / Where you stood”

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