Definition of spear

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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..

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Hordock :: Hordock (n.) An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock..
Infix :: Infix (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart..
Enchodus :: Enchodus (n.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
Vamplate :: Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand..
Poach :: Poach (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish..
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..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..
Pile :: Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear.
Lister :: Lister (n.) A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish..
Trow :: Trow (n.) A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
Swan :: Swan (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon..
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..
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..
Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
Trilogy :: Trilogy (n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's Henry VI. is an example..
Spearer :: Spearer (n.) One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish..
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
Spear :: Spear (n.) Fig.: A spearman.
Spearman :: Spearman (n.) One who is armed with a spear.
Coronel :: Coronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points..
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