spear-head

English

Noun

spear-head (plural spear-heads)

1. Alternative form of spearhead
   • 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 16:

     When surrounded they were still defiant, threatening all who approached with spear-heads attached to short staffs; these were finally struck out of their hands, but they still repelled peaceful overtures, making a formidable show of resistance with teeth and nails.

   • 1892, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, “Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, Scotland”, in Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland‎^[1], page 137:

     DG. 1 Spear-head, 19 in. long, with segmental and circular openings in the blade, found at Denhead, Coupar-Angus–G. Kinloch, 1832.

   • 2013, Sarah Semple, “Appendix 1”, in Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape‎^[2], page 245:

     Market Weighton, SE870 410
     Two burials S of modern settlement. A female burial (P) was located in a rock-cut grave with an amber and glass necklace, a pair of massive developed cruciform brooches, a single cruciform brooch, a possible belt plate, two pairs of wrist-clasps, a horn ring, a pair of girdle hangers, and pots, indicating a C6th date. The adjoining grave was that of a male of C7th date. A knife, buckle, spear-head, and part of a seax accompanied the male burial.