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shti'rr| stem for 2nd pl pres, pind, imper, vp < shtjerr· shtiz|a'r nm (Hist) fighter armed with a lance/spear: spearman, (cavalry) lancer shti'zë nf 1 lance, spear; javelin 2 shaft: tongue of a cart; beam of a plow 3 knitting needle 4 (Text) lease stick 5 shuttle (of a loom) 6 flagpole 7 one of a pair of poles used to carry sheaves of grain 8 game played by shepherds throwing their crooks as far as possible and still land with their points sticking in the ground 9 arm of a weighing scale along which metal ball is moved 10 [Fig Colloq] sun ray; reflected sun ray 11 (Ornit) owl 12 (Ichth) garfish Belone belone 13 (Ichth) Atlantic saury Scombresox saurus 14 (Biol) style, stylet