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ANGON

Volume 3 · 57 words · 1860 Edition

in the Ancient Military Art, a kind of javelin used by the French. They darted it at a considerable distance. The iron head of this weapon resembled a fleur-de-luce. It is the opinion of some writers that the arms of France are not fleurs-de-luce, but the iron point of the angon or javelin of the ancient French.