Definition of spear

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Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4..

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Trow :: Trow (n.) A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
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..
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
Ern :: Ern (v. i.) To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..
Barb :: Barb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc..
Gad :: Gad (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead..
Pritch :: Pritch (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear..
Hordock :: Hordock (n.) An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock..
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..
Jaculation :: "Jaculation (n.) The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears..
Spear :: Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4..
Upspear :: Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass..
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..
Cronel :: Cronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear.
Level :: Level (v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object..
Wappened :: Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
Cuspidated :: Cuspidated (a.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf..
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..
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