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(), n.[OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spjr, pl., Dan. spr, L. sparus.] 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. [See Illust. of Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear." Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. Sir W. Scott. 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. Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse. Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow. Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. Crabb. Spear side, the male line of a family. Lowell. Spear thistle (Bot.), the common th Spear v. t.[imp. & p. p.Speared (); p. pr. & vb. n.Spearing.] To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish. Spear v. i.To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. Mortimer. スポンサード リンク
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