Definition of spear

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Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..

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Feuter :: feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear..
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..
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..
Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike..
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4..
Spearwood :: Spearwood (n.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
Plantage :: Plantage (n.) A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted..
Infix :: Infix (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart..
Edition :: Edition (n.) A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare..
Spearmen :: Spearmen (pl. ) of Spearma.
Foin :: Foin (v. i.) To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..
Lister :: Lister (n.) A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish..
Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..
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..
Poach :: Poach (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish..
Lance :: Lance (n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen..
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