† ˈharping-spear Obs.
= harping-iron.
| 1657–83 J. Evelyn Hist. Religion (1850) I. 82 Even him [Leviathan], with his harping spear, he boldly encounters. 1738 tr. G. de Lucca's Mem. 248 These Harping-Spears are pointed..extreamly sharp, with Beards to hinder them from coming out. |