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..
Pile :: Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear.
Plump :: Plump (n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears..
Assegai :: Assegai (n.) A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..
Speared :: Speared (imp. & p. p.) of Spea.
Gig :: Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Trow :: Trow (n.) A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
Cuspidated :: Cuspidated (a.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf..
Aventre :: Aventre (v. t.) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear..
Enchodus :: Enchodus (n.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
Shakespearean :: Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works..
Include :: Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five..
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..
Feuter :: feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear..
Fishgig :: Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
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..
Trident :: Trident (n.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune..
Spearfish :: Spearfish (n.) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean..
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