| speartip Feb 27th 2013, 20:34 | | | | Line 10: | Line 10: | | | #*'''1996''', David F. Pelly, ''David F. Pelly'': | | #*'''1996''', David F. Pelly, ''David F. Pelly'': | | | #*: Our eyes caught it at the same moment, right at our feet: a perfect stone speartip. | | #*: Our eyes caught it at the same moment, right at our feet: a perfect stone speartip. | | | + | #*'''2001''', R. A. Salvatore, ''The Dragon King'': | | | + | #*: The '''speartip''' rushed ahead in three rapid thrusts, but Luthien managed to parry and dodge, shifting his hips out of harm's way each time. | | | + | #*'''2010''', Peter V. Brett, ''The Desert Spear: Book Two of The Demon Cycle'': | | | + | #*: He could not forge the men of the North into a weapon against demonkind without first tempering them as the smith's hammer did the '''speartip'''. Women screamed as Jardir's men tempered them in another fashion. Another necessary evil. | | | + | | | | + | ====Related terms==== | | | + | * {{l|en|arrowhead}} | | | + | * {{l|en|ord}} |
Revision as of 20:34, 27 February 2013 English Etymology From spear + tip. Noun speartip (plural speartips) - The tip, end, or point of a spear.
- 1996, David F. Pelly, David F. Pelly:
- Our eyes caught it at the same moment, right at our feet: a perfect stone speartip.
- 2001, R. A. Salvatore, The Dragon King:
- The speartip rushed ahead in three rapid thrusts, but Luthien managed to parry and dodge, shifting his hips out of harm's way each time.
- 2010, Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear: Book Two of The Demon Cycle:
- He could not forge the men of the North into a weapon against demonkind without first tempering them as the smith's hammer did the speartip. Women screamed as Jardir's men tempered them in another fashion. Another necessary evil.
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