Spear
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Spear - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
SPEAR, n.
1. A long pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing; a lance.
2. A sharp pointed instrument with barbs; used for stabbing fish and other animals.
3. A shoot, as of grass; usually spire.
SPEAR, v.t. To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
SPEAR, v.i. To shoot into a long stem. [See Spire.]
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