| Pronunciation: | | speer
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a long pointed rod used as a weapon
- [n] an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- [v] pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
- [v] thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
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| | Synonyms: | | fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance, shaft, spear up |
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| | See Also: | | arm, assagai, assegai, barb, empale, fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, harpoon, impale, implement, javelin, jut, jut out, leister, project, protrude, rig, spearhead, spearpoint, spike, stick out, tackle, transfix, trident, weapon, weapon system |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer,
OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. sp[ae]r, L.
sparus.]
1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a
sharp head or blade; a lance.
Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] ``A sharp ground spear.''
--Chaucer.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3.
2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott.
3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
fish and other animals.
4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4.
6. 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}).
\Spear\, 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.
\Spear\, v. i.
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See {Spire}.
--Mortimer.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are throwing spear indicates that you are thrusting forth your will and power into a situation at hand. It is a statement of your strength and commitment. |
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