(n.) 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.
(n.) Fig.: A spearman.
(n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
fish and other animals.
(n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
(n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
(n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is
attached; a pump rod.
(v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to
spear a fish.
(v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
