Definition of spear

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Spear (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish..

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Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..
Trident :: Trident (n.) A three-pronged fish spear.
Enchodus :: Enchodus (n.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
Gig :: Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Assegai :: Assegai (n.) A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin..
Lister :: Lister (n.) A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish..
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..
Foin :: Foin (v. i.) To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge.
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..
Hordock :: Hordock (n.) An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock..
Ern :: Ern (v. i.) To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare..
Demilance :: Demilance (n.) A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer..
Cronel :: Cronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear.
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
Spearfish :: Spearfish (n.) The carp sucker.
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..
Speary :: Speary (a.) Having the form of a spear.
Spear :: Spear (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish..
Spearing :: Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spea.
Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..
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