harpoon whales. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
For the Inuits, anything with more range than a spear or harpoon is a quantuum leap. From Wordnik.com. [Is a 30-30 with 170 grain bullets adequate for Elk.(I know it is not ideal, but it was just a random question that came to mind.] Reference
A harpoon is a sort of a spear, to which a long rope is attached. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 19, March 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
Attalie made it through Round 1 of Saturday's regional finals by spelling "harpoon" correctly. From Wordnik.com. [Dose.ca Music briefs] Reference
He went so fast we could scarcely see the harpoon line. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
The harpoon only serves to make the boat fast to its prize. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
And all the Cave-men gathered around to see the new harpoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
We couldn't find the harpoon Tom Anderly had thrown into it!. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
At each step the shaft of the harpoon swung under their feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
Kolesnikov's letter was a harpoon to the heart of his country. From Wordnik.com. [A Cry From The Deep] Reference
S.E. Harris patented this double-harpoon, iron hayfork in 1867. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
She wounded a reindeer with the harpoon and the animal soon died. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
I just gave old Tom a grim look, however, and seized the harpoon. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. BURBANK: ... and tried to harpoon her. From Wordnik.com. [Bluff The Listener] Reference
And I started swimming and I felt a hit, just like harpoon hit me. From Wordnik.com. [Bluff The Listener] Reference
When the harpoon was really finished, Flaker gave it to Fleetfoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
The harpoon sunk into the huge bull until half its staff was hidden!. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
A hay harpoon, commonly called a hay needle, about 35-1/2 inches long. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
Stump disappeared for a brief space, and returned with a long harpoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
With all his might he drove the harpoon downward, straight for its mark. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Why was the harpoon a better weapon for hunting than the spear or javelin?. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
They traced out the lines they wished to cut just as Flaker traced the harpoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
A double-harpoon hayfork and pulley for lifting hay from a wagon to a barn hayloft. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
In her right hand she held a harpoon; her cheeks were thickly smeared with red ochre. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The instruments of general use in the capture of the whale, are the harpoon and lance. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Whales are sometimes captured, with a single harpoon, in the space of fifteen minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
They have uncovered barbed harpoon points and headdresses with red deer antlers attached. From Wordnik.com. [SCIENCE NEWS] Reference
If all goes well, a harpoon will be shot from the spacecraft and anchor itself to the comet. From Wordnik.com. [Harpooning A Comet--And Other New Space Probes] Reference
The Esquimau got out his harpoon and line and approached the thin ice, telling me to keep back. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
The tail of the fish was almost under his feet when he launched the harpoon with all his strength. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
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