Spear

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• Spear

  ·noun Fig.: A spearman. II. Spear ·noun A shoot, as of grass; a spire. III. Spear ·noun The feathe...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• spear-grass

  n. name given to several grasseswhose spear-like seeds spoil the wool of sheep, but which areyet ex...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• spear-lily

  n. See lily. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• eel-spear

  A sort of trident for catching eels. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• eel-spear

  A sort of trident with ten points for catching eels, called in Lincolnshire an eel-stang. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fish-spear

  An instrument with barbed spikes. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pump-spear

  The rod of iron to which the upper box is attached and to the upper end of which the brake is pinned...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• oscillating pump-spear

  A contrivance by which the pumps of a large vessel are worked, connected with a crank-shaft and fly-...

  The Sailor's Word-Book