It had become a short spear, complete with sharpened tip.
This device is less in use nowadays because of the injury hazard presented by the sharpened tip.
In its simplest form, it had only a sharpened tip but usually it had two small spikes or even more.
The magician presents a stand, placed stage centre, which supports a sword in a vertical position with the sharpened tip pointing upwards.
He raised the metal staff like a spear and plunged the sharpened tip into what he thought would be tough, armored worm-skin.
A spearhead is the sharpened tip (head) of a spear.
In war, lances were much more like stout spears, long and balanced for one handed use, and with sharpened tips.
One cry followed another as he suckled and plucked and nipped the sharpened tips.
Rod ducked, grabbed up a branch with a sharpened tip, and stabbed at the monster's breast.
He does not remark on the sharpened tip.