gavelock

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#1·11h ago

(rare, obsolete) A spear or dart.

Origin: From , from , from fork + -uc. Compare , , , glavelot, , , . More at gaff, gaffle and javelin. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·11h ago

(obsolete, Scotland) An iron crowbar.

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