Spear /(?)/

Spear

n.
  1. 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.
    They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.
    — Micah iv. 3.
  2. Fig.: A spearman.
  3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
  4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
  6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

Phrases & Compounds
Spear foot
the off hind foot of a horse.
Spear grass
The common reed. See Reed, n., 1.
Spear hand
the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand.
Spear side
the male line of a family.
Spear thistle
the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).

Spear

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Speared; p. pr. & vb. n. Spearing

  1. To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.

Spear

v. i.
  1. To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.