pike, lance, spear, spontoon[obs3], javelin, dart, jereed[obs3],
jerid[obs3], arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff; eelspear[obs3], oxgoad[obs3], weet-weet, wommerah[obs3]; cattle prod; chemical mace.
Phr. en flute; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam[Lat].
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#728. Arena. —
N. arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater;
walk, course; hustings; stare, boards &c. (playhouse)
599; amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater,
hippodrome, circus, race course, corso[Sp], turf,
cockpit, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra,
ring, lists; tiltyard[obs3], tilting ground; Campus
Martins, Champ de Allars[obs3]; campus [U.S.].
boxing ring, canvas.
theater of war, seat
of war; battle-field, battle-ground; field of
battle, field of slaughter; Aceldama[obs3], camp;
the enemy’s camp; trusting place &c. (place
of meeting) 74.
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#729. Completion.
— N. completion, accomplishment, achievement,
fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch;
consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close
&c. (end) 67; terminus &c. (arrival) 292; winding
up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot,
result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing
touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace;
crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing
link &c. 53; superstructure, ne plus ultra[Lat], work
done, fait accompli[Fr].
elaboration; finality;
completeness &c. 52.
V. effect[transitive],
effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass,
consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to
perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate.
do, execute, make; go
through, get through; work out, enact; bring
about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through,
bring to a head.
despatch, dispatch;
knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work
of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill,
realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out,
carry into effect, carry into execution; make good;
be as good as one’s word.
do thoroughly, not do
by halves, go the whole hog; drive home; be in at
the death &c. (persevere) 604a; carry through, play
out, exhaust; fill the bill [U.S.].
finish, bring to a close
&c. (end) 67; wind up, stamp, clinch, seal,
set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch
&c.n. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to,
put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap.
[intransitive] ripen,
culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis;


