Definition of spear

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Spear (n.) Fig.: A spearman.

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Gavelock :: Gavelock (n.) A spear or dart.
Spearwood :: Spearwood (n.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears..
Spearing :: Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spea.
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..
Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..
Aventre :: Aventre (v. t.) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare..
Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..
Spearman :: Spearman (n.) One who is armed with a spear.
Wappened :: Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
Doryphoros :: Doryphoros (n.) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us..
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..
Trow :: Trow (n.) A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
Pile :: Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear.
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..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..
Cuspidated :: Cuspidated (a.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf..
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