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n. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

n. Sports A metal or metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in track and field competitions. The men's javelin is about 2.6 meters (8 1/2 feet) in length; the women's is about 2.2 meters (7 1/4 feet) in length.

n. Sports The athletic field event in which a javelin is thrown.

n. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

n. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.

v. To pierce with a javelin.

n. A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by the hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.

n. A wooden shaft resembling a spear, thrown by contestants in a contest called the javelin throw; the one throwing the javelin furthest wins the contest. The javelin throw is one of the field events of the modern Olympic Games.

v. To pierce with a javelin.

n. A spear intended to be thrown by the hand, with or without the aid of a thong or a. throwing-stick.

n. In heraldry, a bearing representing a short-handled weapon with a barbed head, and so distinguished from a half-spear, which has a lance-head without barbs.

To strike or wound with or as with a javelin.

n. an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible

n. a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

"If a javelin is parried with a shield, and does not come through, the danger to the target is over."

field event    spear    lance    sports equipment    shaft   

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javelineer    javelinier   

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