HARPOON
NOUNS
1596 ► HARPING-IRON a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon → obs.
1657 ► HARPING-SPEAR a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1724 ► DARTER a harpooner → obs.
VERBS
1851 ► PITCHPOLE in whaling: to hurl a lance or harpoon in a high arc so that it descends nearly vertically → Amer. dial.
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