Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A barbed javelin formerly carried by the royal ser-geant-at-arms.
- noun In heraldry, a barbed head, as of an arrow or a fish-spear, differing from the broad-arrow in being engrailed on the inner side of the barbs unless otherwise blazoned. The point is always directed downward unless otherwise stated in the blazon. Also called
ferrum jaculi . Comparebroad-arrow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A
bearing representing the head of adart orjavelin , with longbarbs which areengrailed on the inner edge.
Etymologies
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Probably Old French.
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Arms — Arg. a pheon Sab. on a chief of the laft, a lion palTant of the firft — Bamber.
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