4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a
pump rod. Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse.
— Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b)
meadow grass. See under Meadow.
— Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right
hand. Crabb.
— Spear side, the male line of a family. Lowell.
— Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).
SPEAR
Spear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speared; p. pr. & vb. n. Spearing.]
Defn: To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
SPEAR
Spear, v. i.
Defn: To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. Mortimer.
SPEARER
Spear"er, n.
Defn: One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
SPEARFISH Spear"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. (b) The carp sucker.