Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The spear

a spear is a wepon consisting of a shaft usually made of wood and with a pointed tip. A spear is also called a javelin, when it is made specialy for throwing. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the arrow and slingshot, which are projectiles shot from a mechanism. However, hurling devices do exist to assist the javelin thrower in achieving greater distance 

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