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2. Glaive - Wikipedia

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   A glaive, sometimes spelled as glave, is a type of pole weapon, with a single edged blade on the end, known for its distinctive design and versatile combat applications. There are many similar polearms such as the war scythe , the Japanese naginata , the Chinese guandao (yanyuedao), the Korean woldo , and the Russian sovnya .

3. Polearm - Wikipedia

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   A glaive is a polearm consisting of a single-edged tapering blade similar in shape to a modern kitchen knife on the end of a pole. The blade was around 18 inches (46 cm) long, on the end of a pole 6 or 7 feet (180 or 210 centimetres) long. [13]

4. Pike (weapon) - Wikipedia

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   A modern recreation of a mid-17th century company of pikemen. By that period, pikemen would primarily defend their unit's musketeers from enemy cavalry.. A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages [1] and most of the early modern period, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet ...

5. Naginata - Wikipedia

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   A naginata consists of a wooden or metal pole with a curved single-edged blade on the end; it is similar to the Chinese guan dao [4] or the European glaive. [5] Similar to the katana, naginata often have a round handguard ( tsuba ) between the blade and shaft, when mounted in a koshirae (furniture).

6. Partisan (weapon) - Wikipedia

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   The protrusions on the sides of the spearhead were useful for catching and trapping an opponent's sword, allowing the user to disarm the opposition. In profile, the head of a partisan may look similar to other types of polearm, such as the halberd, pike, ranseur, spontoon, ox tongue, or spetum.

7. Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm to Lead ‘Pike River’ Thriller ...

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   Three-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey has been confirmed as starring in “Pike River,” the upcoming dramatic thriller set and shot in New Zealand and centered around one of the country’s ...

8. Christa Pike, Tennessee's only woman on death row, the ... - AOL

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   Pike confessed to the crime and was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder at trial on March 22, 1996. She was sentenced to death by electrocution on March 30, 1996.

9. Bill (weapon) - Wikipedia

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   Along with the pike, the bill is mentioned as being one of the main weapons of the Irish rebels in Ulster during the 1798 rebellion. [ 4 ] Although obsolete as a military weapon by the 17th century, bills were sent (along with other obsolete arms and armour) to the New World with English colonists to provide defence against Native Americans and ...