spear

Definitions

1. 1.2. Fig.: A spearman. Sir W. Scott.
2. 2.A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
3. 3.A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
4. 4.The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
5. 5.The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse. -- Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow. -- Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. Crabb. -- Spear side, the male line of a family. Lowell. -- Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).
6. 6.To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
7. 7.To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. Mortimer.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals called?
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• What is to shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. Mortimer called?