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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPONTOON (Fr. esponton, Ital. spontone, from See also:Lat. punctum, point, pungere, to prick) , a weapon carried by See also:infantry See also:officers in the 17th and See also:early 18th centuries. It was a type of the See also:partisan or halberd (q.v.), a shafted weapon with a See also:special See also:form of See also:spear See also:head.

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