Definition of spear

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Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..

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Vamplate :: Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..
Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little..
Rump-fed :: Rump-fed (a.) A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps fattened in the rump, pampered..
Spearwood :: Spearwood (n.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears..
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..
Poach :: Poach (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Plantage :: Plantage (n.) A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted..
Spearmen :: Spearmen (pl. ) of Spearma.
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
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..
Plump :: Plump (n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears..
Spearwort :: Spearwort (n.) A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.
Banner :: Banner (n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle..
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..
Dart :: Dart (n.) A spear set as a prize in running.
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