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harpoon — [här po͞on′] n. [MDu harpoen < MFr harpon < harper, to claw, grip < ON harpa, to squeeze, cramp: for IE base see HARP] a barbed spear with a line attached to it, used for spearing whales or other large sea animals vt. to strike or catch… … English World dictionary
Harpoon Brewery — Infobox Brewery name =Harpoon Brewery caption = location =Boston, Massachusetts United States owner = opened =1986 production = active beers = brewbox beer|name=Harpoon Ale|style=Pale ale brewbox beer|name=Harpoon IPA|style=India pale ale brewbox … Wikipedia
Harpoon (hieroglyph) — The ancient Egyptian harpoon, (archaelogical, single barbed type), is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on the famous Narmer Palette, of Pharaoh Narmer from the 31st century BC, in an archaic hieroglyphic… … Wikipedia
harpoon — a pointed dart with barbs attached to the end of a line several hundred metres in length, the other end of which is attached to a flotation device or shaft. Harpoons are thrown by hand or by a gun mechanism into a fish like swordfish, bluefin… … Dictionary of ichthyology
whale line — noun also whale rope 1. : a strong solidly made 3 strand manila rope about six inches in diameter used in whaling as a harpoon line or towline 2. slang : a cowboy s manila lariat * * * whale line noun Strong rope used for harpoon lines in whale… … Useful english dictionary
Explosive harpoon — The explosive harpoon is a device used by whalemen to kill whales efficiently and without poison. As soon as the harpoon is thrown into the whale and fastened to it the wooden pin is broken by the power of the whale pulling upon the tow line… … Wikipedia
Monofilament fishing line — A tangle of monofilament fishing line. The most common colorless variety can be seen. Monofilament fishing line (shortened to just monofilament) is fishing line made from a single fiber of plastic. Most fishing lines are now monofilament because… … Wikipedia
Multifilament fishing line — Multifilament line, also referred to as The Super Lines, is a type of fishing line.[1] It is a braided line which is made up of a type of polyethylene, an extremely thin line for its strength. By weight, polyethylene strands are five to ten times … Wikipedia
Hook, Line and Sinker (Transformers) — Hook, Line, and Sinker are characters in Marvel s Transformers comics.The characters were originally low life criminals from the planet Ghennix. When Ghennix was destroyed by Unicron, the criminals attempted to escape in a small spaceship, but… … Wikipedia
Tide-Line Blue — Infobox animanga/Header name = Tide Line Blue caption = ja name = タイドライン・ブルー ja name trans = genre = Science fictionInfobox animanga/Anime director = Iida Umanosuke studio = Bandai Visual network = TV Asahi first = 6 July 2005 last = 29 September … Wikipedia
