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Spear (other)
A spear is a pole weapon used for hunting and combat. Spear may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Spear (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain * ''Spear'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * Spear (Pokémon), the Japanese name for Beedrill, a Pokémon character * ''The Spear'' (novel), a 1978 novel by James Herbert * ''The Spear'' (painting), a 2010 painting by Brett Murray *''Spear's'', a wealth management magazine Military * Operation Spear (2005), US military action in Iraq * SAS ''Spear'', the first submarine of the South African Navy *SPEAR 3, a European air-to-ground missile *Spears, slang for nuclear weapons People with the name *Spear (surname) * Spear Lancaster, 2002 candidate for Governor of Maryland Sports *Spear (wrestling), a professional wrestling attack *Spear tackle, head-first thrust into the ground Other uses *Spear (liturgy), used in the Byzantine-Rite Churches *Cape Spear, in Newfoundland, Canada *Asparagus spear, a stalk of asparagus *Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spear
A spear is a pole weapon 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, iron, steel, or bronze. The most common design for hunting or combat spears since ancient times has incorporated a metal spearhead shaped like a triangle, lozenge, or leaf. The heads of fishing spears usually feature barbs or serrated edges. The word '' spear'' comes from the Old English '' spere'', from the Proto-Germanic ''speri'', from a Proto-Indo-European root ''*sper-'' "spear, pole". Spears can be divided into two broad categories: those designed for thrusting as a melee weapon and those designed for throwing as a ranged weapon (usually referred to as javelins or darts). The spear has been used throughout human history both as a hunting and fishing tool and as a weapon. Along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
