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SPONTOON (Fr. esponton, Ital. spontone, from Lat. punctum, point, pungere, to prick)

SPONTOON (Fr. esponton, Ital. spontone, from See also:
LAT
Lat. punctum, point, pungere, to prick) , a weapon carried by See also:

INFANTRY

infantry See also:

OFFICERS

officers in the 17th and See also:

early 18th centuries . It was a type of the See also:

PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan or halberd (q.v.), a shafted weapon with a See also:

SPECIAL

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear See also:

head .

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