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half-pike
half-pike Now Hist. A small pike, having a shaft of about half the length of the full-sized one. There were two kinds; one, also called a spontoon, formerly carried by infantry officers; the other, used in ships for repelling boarders, a boarding pike.1599 Massinger, etc. Old Law iii. ii, Here's a h... Oxford English Dictionary
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Spontoon
A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike. wikipedia.org
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morgenstern
morgenstern Antiq. (ˈmɔːgənstɜːn) Also 7 morgan sterne, 9 morgenstiern. [a. Ger. morgenstern, lit. ‘morning star’, f. morgen morn + stern star.] A club with a head set with spikes: = morning star 2.1637 R. Monro Exped. i. 65 One of our souldiers shewing them over the worke, a Morgan sterne. 1868 Arc... Oxford English Dictionary
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Rapparee
Rapparees or raparees (from the Irish ropairí, plural of ropaire, whose primary meaning is "thruster, stabber," and by extension a wielder of the half-pike wikipedia.org
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asse-
▪ I. assagai, assegai, n. (ˈæsəgaɪ) Forms: 6 azagaia, 7 assagaie, 8 hassagay, -guay, 9 assagai, -gay, assegai, -gay; also 7–8 zagaie, zagaye. [a. F. azagaye (Cotgr.), or Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, a. Arab. az-zaghāyah, i.e. az-= al- the, zaghāyah native Berber word, adopted in Arabic, and thence in S... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pistoleer
mounted staff officers for personal defence, and it was a widespread if unauthorised practice for colour sergeants to carry a pistol in addition to the half-pike wikipedia.org
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lembing
‖ lembing (ləmˈbɪŋ) Also 9 limbing, lambing. [Mal. lembing.] A Malay spear characterized by a ridged blade.1839 T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xii. 211 The arms of the Orang Laut..are the limbing, or lance; the tampuling, a large hook, [etc.]. 1894 N. B. Dennys Descr. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Seal and emblem of the United States Department of the Army
The sword, esponton (a type of half-pike formerly used by subordinate officers), musket, bayonet, cannon, cannonballs, mortar, and mortar bombs are representative wikipedia.org
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spontoon
spontoon Now only Hist. (spɒnˈtuːn) [a. F. sponton (also esponton espontoon), = Sp. esponton (Pg. espontão), ad. It. spontone, spuntone, f. puntone, punto point.] A species of half-pike or halberd carried by infantry officers in the 18th century (from about 1740). The It. form spontone is used as a ... Oxford English Dictionary
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半长柄枪
半长柄枪(spontoon、espontoon、half-pike),或称半长枪,是欧洲的一种的长柄武器,与长柄枪(pike)同时期出现。半长柄枪在17世纪中期被广泛使用,持续使用到19世纪晚期。相较于通常长14~15英尺的长柄枪,半长柄枪通常全长只有6~7英尺。 wikipedia.org
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HMS Racoon (1795)
engagement the French had thirteen men killed and wounded; Racoon had two men slightly wounded, one of them being Lloyd, who was wounded in the head by a half-pike wikipedia.org
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demi
demi, n., a., prefix (ˈdɛmɪ) Also 5–6 dimi. [F. demi:—L. dīmidium half: see dimidiate. The Fr. word is a n. and adj., and much used in combination. It began to be used in English in the 15th c. attrib. in Heraldry, and in the 16th c. in names of cannon, and soon passed to other uses. At first it was... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet
Robert defended himself for some time with his half-pike and managed to kill two of the Jacobites. Another Jacobite then shot Robert with a pistol. wikipedia.org
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javelin
▪ I. javelin, n. (ˈdʒævəlɪn, ˈdʒævlɪn) Also 6 iavelyn(e, -ynge, -inge, -en, Sc. ievilling, (geweling, iaivelin), 6–7 iaveling, -ine, 7 javlin. [a. F. javeline (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.); from the radical javel-, found also in javelot.] 1. a. A light spear thrown with the hand with or without the help ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sergeant
"bayonet strength", in order to present volley fire by rank or massed bayonets for assault or defense, with each sergeant marching with a spontoon or half-pike wikipedia.org
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