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, To pierce with a spear to kill with a spear as, to spear a fish.
SPEAR, To shoot into a long stem. See Spire.
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