Word Meanings - SPEARHEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

• POINTBLANK
  In a point-blank manner. To sin point-blank against God's word. Fuller.
• Pointsman
  A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
• POINTDAPPUI
  See under Appui.
• POINTDEVICEPOINTDEVISE
  Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow.
• POINTSWITCH
  A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
• Point-blank
  The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.
• Spearfish
  A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
• Point d'appui
  See under Appui.
• Spearhead
  The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
• Point-device
  Alt. of Point-devise

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