harping spear
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harping iron — noun or harping spear Etymology: harping probably from Middle French harper to grapple, grasp + English ing archaic : harpoon … Useful english dictionary
Fionn mac Cumhaill — Fionn mac Cumhaill, illustration by Stephen Reid. Fionn mac Cumhaill ( / … Wikipedia
Harpoon — Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog s claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. a rph … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Harpoon fork — Harpoon Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog s claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Harpoon gun — Harpoon Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog s claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Le Morte d'Arthur — The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (begun 1881), detail, by Edward Burne Jones (d. 1898), greatly influenced by Le Morte d Arthur throughout his career. Le Morte d Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for the death of Arthur … Wikipedia
