Available Definitions:
1) 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.
2) n. - Fig.: A spearman.
3) n. - A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
4) n. - A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
5) n. - The feather of a horse. See Feather , n., 4.
6) n. - The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
7) v. t. - To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
8) v. i. - To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire .