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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Spear

Spēar, n.

noun

n. [A-S. spere, speore, spiore, Icel. spior, Dan. spār, O. H. Ger. sper, N. H. Ger. speer, Lat. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a lance. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. Micah iv. 3.

  1. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
  2. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

Spēar, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SPEARED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPEARING.] To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.

Spēar, v. i.

verbintransitive

To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See SPIRE. Mortimer.