phalarict (falarik)

[ They called a certain kind of Javeline Armed at the point with an Iron three foot long, that it might pierce through and through an Armed Man, Phalarica, which they sometimes in Field-services darted by hand; sometimes from several sorts of Engines for the defence of beleagured places: The shaft whereof, being roul'd round with Flax, Wax, Rosin, Oyl, and other combustible mat II. a . Pertaining to a community or a ociation called a phalanx, or to the building or buildings occupied by such a community; hence, Four i eristic: as, phalansterian a ociations or doctrines.