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 Spear.Spear of Ithuriel (The), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Spear-half.
 
The male line. The female line was called by the Anglo-Saxons the Spindle-half (q.v.).   1
 


 Spear.Spear of Ithuriel (The), 

 
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