Definition of spear

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Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..

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Tren :: Tren (n.) A fish spear.
Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..
Spearmen :: Spearmen (pl. ) of Spearma.
Gavelock :: Gavelock (n.) A spear or dart.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical..
Spearman :: Spearman (n.) One who is armed with a spear.
Plantage :: Plantage (n.) A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted..
Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..
Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..
Spear :: Spear (n.) Fig.: A spearman.
Speared :: Speared (imp. & p. p.) of Spea.
Feuter :: feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear..
Cronel :: Cronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear.
Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..
Plump :: Plump (n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears..
Lister :: Lister (n.) A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish..
Banner :: Banner (n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle..
Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..
Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone..
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