Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In history, a long spear used by the Franks, having a socketed head, sometimes barbed, but more commonly formed like a lance-head with a flat double-edged blade.
- noun In archaeology, a celt of the socketed form. See
celt and amgarn.
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Examples
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It is unlikely that he knew, in the spring of 1861, how to framea military order.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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It is unlikely that he knew, in the spring of 1861, how to framea military order.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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It is unlikely that he knew, in the spring of 1861, how to framea military order.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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It is unlikely that he knew, in the spring of 1861, how to framea military order.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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It is unlikely that he knew, in the spring of 1861, how to framea military order.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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Jacet granum opressum palea, justus caesus pravorum framea.
12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 John 2003
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Swords or broad lances are seldom used; but they generally carry a spear, (called in their language _framea_, [39]) which has an iron blade, short and narrow, but so sharp and manageable, that, as occasion requires, they employ it either in close or distant fighting.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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The broad lance subsisted till lately in the halberd; the spear and framea in the long pike and spontoon; the missile weapons in the war hatchet, or North American tomahawk.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[1] _Malleus maleficarum maleficas et earum hæresim framea conterens_, auct.
The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church 1888
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Thoae too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required.
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