Definition of spear

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Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4..

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Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish..
Demilance :: Demilance (n.) A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer..
Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..
Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
Infix :: Infix (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart..
Trident :: Trident (n.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators..
Arest :: Arest (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
Tip :: Tip (n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..
Genius :: Genius (n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius..
Cuspidated :: Cuspidated (a.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf..
Lancegaye :: Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.
Fishgig :: Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..
Enchodus :: Enchodus (n.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
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..
Coronel :: Coronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points..
Pentathlon :: Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear..
Javelin :: "Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game..
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