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