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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPONTOON (Fr. esponton, Ital. spontone, from
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Lat. punctum, point, pungere, to prick)  , a weapon carried by
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infantry
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officers in the 17th and
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early 18th centuries . It was a type of the
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partisan or halberd (q.v.), a shafted weapon with a
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special
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form of
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spear
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head .

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