javelin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: javelin	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for javelin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
javelin n an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Javelin \Jave"lin\, n. [F. javeline; akin to Sp. jabalina, It. giavelina, and F. javelot, OF. gavlot. Cf. {Gavelock}.] A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm? --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Javelin \Jave"lin\, v. t. To pierce with a javelin. [R.] --Tennyson.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Javelin (1.) Heb. hanith, a lance, from its flexibility (1 Sam. 18:10, 11; 19:9, 10; 20:33). (2.) Heb. romah, a lance for heavy-armed troops, so called from its piercing (Num. 25:7). (See {ARMS}.)